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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  • Magellan - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Magellan$12.00
    "(R. Nelson,1994) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), ML S. icy blue violet; F. deep violet blue), aging lighter, with small spray pattern around gold orange beard; pronounced musky fragrance"
  • Manor Born - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Manor Born$8.00
    (Virginia Messick, 1994) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), M Scalloped bright lavender-rose B-light lavender; fragrant. Winterscape X Nordic Prince.
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  • Marge M - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Marge M$8.25$7.50
    (George Sutton, 1991) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), M Ruffled violet blue, paler around beard; beards violet blue, tipped white; slight sweet fragrance.
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  • Martile Rowland - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Martile Rowland$9.50
    (Howard Bushnell, 2000) TB, 36-38 inches (91-97 cm), E Ruffled and laced lemon yellow, F. fading to white around uniform fire engine red orange beard; slight spicy fragrance. HM 2004.
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  • Mary Frances - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Mary Frances$13.00
    "(L. Gaulter, 1973) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), M Ruffled light blue-orchid with white center on F.; white beard tipped yellow, orange throat. HM 1974, AM 1976, Dykes 1979. Fragrant Iris."
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  • Melancholy Man - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Melancholy Man$8.00
    "(R.Nelson 1994) TB 35 inches (89 cm), M Silvery violet-blue,deeper thumbprints on F B-self tipped orange;sweet fragrance"
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  • Mellow Magic - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Mellow Magic$8.50
    "(P.Black 1992) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), L S-pink diffused to bluish mauve edge F-white around cocoa pink B;fragrant"
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  • Men In Black - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Men In Black$10.50
    "(Larry Lauer, 1998) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), ML Ruffled blackish purple, F. with deep lavender central flush; beards deep purple, hairs tipped mustard, changing to mustard central section, bright yellow in throat; slight sweet fragrance. HM 2000."
  • Miss Piggy - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Miss Piggy$13.00
    (T. Burseen, 1997) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), ML S-dark plum purple F-blackish burgundy,white haft striations B-gold; ruffled, sweet fragrance
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  • Misty Twilight - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Misty Twilight$8.00
    (Monty Byers, 1988) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), M-L & RE Heavily ruffled pale violet-blue, misty green white center on F.; medium blue beard tipped yellow in throat; slight sweet fragrance.

    Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8.

    Reported to rebloom in zones 3 to 9.

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  • Mo-Town Sister - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Mo-Town Sister$9.50
    (G.Nicholson 1999) TB, 36-38 inches (91-97 cm), M S. light grape juice; style arms same, golden inner glow; F. velvety deep tokay grape, thin white rim, white area near beard peppered deep grape; beards orange, deepening in throat, white at end and on base of hairs; heavily ruffled; slight musky fragrance. Flights of Fancy X unknown.
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  • Monday-Monday - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Monday-Monday$8.00
    (Roger Nelson, 1992),TB, 29 inches (74 cm), EML Smooth bright deep lavender blue, F. with lighter area near beard; beards deep lavender blue, some gold orange deep in throat; ruffled, pleated; pronounced sweet fragrance.
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  • Mother Marshmallow - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Mother Marshmallow$8.00
    "(J.McWhirter 1997) TB 34 inches (86 cm), ML White self B-white,tipped yellow in throat;pronounced sweet fragrance HM 2001"
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  • My Little Wagon - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    My Little Wagon$24.00$21.00

    (Margie Valenzuela, 2012) TB, This may not look much like a wagon, but it's color is getting close to a red wagon. When the sun hits it just right........it can look quite red. This is a healthy, great growing plant with rebloom genes. Nice branching too. Sdlg. ROR-05-J, TB. 33-34" Mid-season. Stands. are deep red with orange-brown tint; lower midribs are red-orange to orange. Style arms shades of red-orange, orange, and yellow. Falls are deep red with velvety maroon-red shading and white markings near beard. Beard is yellow tipped mustard.

    Parentage: Rustler x (Vanity x Chief Redskin)

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  • Mystic Lover - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Mystic Lover$14.00$12.10
    (George Sutton, 2000) TB, SA, 36 inches (91 cm), ML S. white, trace of violet on midrib; style arms pale violet; F. dark violet; beards bronze, violet base, short dark violet horn; slight sweet fragrance.
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  • Night Stalker - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Night Stalker$8.00
    "(J.Hedgecock 1994) TB 36 inches (91 cm), ML Ruffled purple black self with velvety sheen on fluted F.; beards purple, gold in throat; slight sweet fragrance."
  • Noble House - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Noble House$8.00
    (J. McWhirter, 1988) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), M Royal purple B-self; slight fragrance. HM 1990.
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  • Nora Eileen - fragrant tall bearded Iris
    Nora Eileen$8.00
    (Gerald Richardson, 1994) TB, 39 inches (99 cm), M Wine red magenta, F. with violet flash by violet beard; slight fragrance. HM 1997, AM 2001.
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  • Ominous Stranger - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    Ominous Stranger$10.00
    (Sterling Innerst, 1993) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), M S. muted yellow, trimmed muted purple and dotted with tiny brown spots; F. muted yellow, trimmed muted purple, tiny brown dots all over; beards bronze, trimmed blue white; slight fragrance. HM 1995, AM 1997.
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  • One More Night - fragrant reblooming tall bearded Iris
    One More Night$15.00
    "(Roger Duncan, 2010) TB, 38"" (97 cm), L S. silky glossy dark rich purple, very shiny on lower midribs; style arms dark purple-black fading to white along back edges, fringed crests; F. velvety black, dark purple highlights near electric midnight-blue beard; ruffled; medium purple base foliage; musky fragrance. Shadows of Night X All Night Long."
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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