Fragrant Iris
Fragrant Irises
Fragrance is often an overlooked quality of the bearded irises. This can be difficult to understand because the perfumes produced from some of these fragrant flowers vary from light and sweet to heavily scented, dusky and even a "chocolate" essence. If you specifically want fragrant iris flowers, you will be pleased with the following selection from our fragrant irises.
The fragrant Iris often have a sweet scent that makes them doubly enjoyable as a cut flower.
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Trillion$17.00$16.94(E.Bessette 2000) TB 36 inches (91 cm), ML SA S-yellow,darker edge,violet veining F-rose brown,raspberry violet center B-violet-yellow,violet horn;fragrant -
Twice Delightful$8.00(S. Innerst, 1989) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), M-L & RE (late Oct in PA) Mid to light blue B-tangerine tipped white;slight fragrance -
Vanity's Child$11.00(Ted Olson, 1985) TB, 29 inches (73 cm), ML S. light pink; F. very pale pink with light green veining, light pink hafts; soft red orange beard; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1988. -
Velvet Valentine$16.00(Tasco 2015) TB, 35", EML Tightly swirled neyron rose standards; aster mauve falls with a slightly lighter edge. Beards are tangerine in the middle and throat and have a few light pink hairs at the end and along the middle edges. Large moderately ruffled flower with a very slight sweet fragrance. 3 branches and an average of 7 buds on a moderate candelabra branched stalk. Bowled Over X BonAppetit -
Victoria Circle$8.25$7.50(Frederick Kerr, 1994) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), M S. white; F. white, 1/2 inches sapphire blue edge, ivory near beard; beards white, tipped gold; slight sweet fragrance. -
Victorian Charmer$8.25$7.50(D.Pinegar 1995) BB 26 inches (66 cm), EML S. white with light pink midrib and veining; style arms white; F. creamy white overlaid light pink, veined medium pink; beards orange; lightly ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Vanity X Marmalade Skies. -
Victorian Fancy$18.25(Denise Stewart, 2014) TB, 33-35 (84.71 cm), ML S. and style arms pale mauve, apple-buff rim, lightly ruffled; F. same, white-mauve spot around beard; beards orange in throat, deep yellow in middle, pale yellow at end; pronounced spicy fragrance. Vienna Waltz X Strut Your Stuff. -
Vintage Press$7.25(George Sutton, 1999) IB, 25 inches (64 cm), VE-EM & RE S.heavily ruffled apricot,w/ lavender shading on midrib, F.white around B.apricot to orange lavender; slight sweet fragrance. -
Violet Music$8.25$7.50(Clarence Mahan, 1991) TB, 40 inches (102 cm), VE-EM & RE Ruffled uniform medium violet, F. with white blaze; beards violet, tipped yellow; pronounced spicy fragrance. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 4 to 9. -
Voyager$17.75(Bruce Filardi, 2014) TB, 39 (99 cm), ML S. creamy white veined bright yellow; style arms cream white washed blue violet, feathered dark yellow edges; F. magenta violet, burnt umber hafts and edges; beards brightest orange-amber; laced, ruffled; slight musky fragrance. Starship Enterprise X Goldkist. -
Wagging Tongues$13.00(Bruce Filardi, 2013) TB, 37" (94 cm), M S. and style arms light dauphinÕs violet; F. velvety darkest spectrum violet; beards orange, darkest spectrum violet horns with sparse white hairs; slight spicy fragrance. Paul Black X Some Enchanted Evening. -
Waiting for George$7.25(Barry Blyth, 1998) TB, 36" (92 cm), M S-white,rosy pink flush F-cream,lighter center,rosy pink plicata edge B-burnt tangerine;fragrant. -
Wake Water$8.25$7.50(Tom Burseen, 1996) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), EM S. white, blue influence at midrib; style arms white, washed blue; F. light blue washed violet blue, lighter edge, darker centerline; beards mustard; ruffled; spicy fragrance. -
Walkara$18.25(H.Ames 1996) TB 30 inches (76 cm), M Red self,style arms red with bronze midrib B-maroon-bronze;fragrant HM 1999 -
Warm Wishes$9.50(William Maryott, 1999) TB, 35" (89 cm), M Medium yellow F-with lighter center B-yellow,bushy,large;sweet fragrance. -
Waves of Joy$17.75(Tasco 2015) TB, 39", ML. Naples yellow standards with a couple of slight violet veins on the midrib; violet falls with a naples yellow rim, light bronze shoulders and veins on the shoulders and near upper beard. Beards are white based with the hairs tipped golden Indian yellow, there are a few very minor violet tips at the very end. Show stalks carry 3 branches and a spur and average 7-to-9 buds. Moderately ruffled flowers with a strong sweet fragrance and light purple based foliage. -
Widdershins$23.00(M. Roberts, 1999) TB, 32 inches (81 cm), ML S-rose brown F-honey yellow,honey brown border,white below orange-white B;fragrant; Bogota X Chocolate Marmalade -
Wild Thing$8.00(Schreiner's 1995) TB 38 inches (97 cm), M Deep maroon claret self B-yellow,purple at end;sweet fragrance HM 1998 -
Wild Wings$14.00(Keith Keppel, 1999) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), EM S-style arms dark violet F-black,violet cast B-rusty terra cotta; pronounced sweet fragrance. Night Game sib, X Romantic HM 2001, AM 2003. -
Will and Adelle$14.00(Larry Lauer, 2014) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), M-L S. hyacinth-blue, ages lighter; style arms hyacinth-blue; F. white base, aster-violet lines from cinnamon shoulders becoming more pronounced, solid at rim, slight white outer rim; beards burnt orange; pronounced sweet fragrance; ruffled.
Looking for the most fragrant Iris. Try using the search function for the word "pronounced" which should return all the varieties that have a pronounced fragrance.
Some of the tall bearded Iries are also Reblooming Iris. You will be able to identify them when you see the "RE" in the description. RE is for Reblooming (Irises). Some of the reblooming irises are also very fragrant Irises