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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Ensemble$11.00(J.McWhirter 1986) TB 36 inches (91 cm), M Heavily ruffled light rosy magenta; F. shaded darker; cream beard; very sweet fragrance. Gay Parasol X Clouds. -
Eugenia King$9.50$7.50(Elyse Hill, 1998) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), M S. and style arms blended buff peach; F. lilac; beards orange; ruffled, laced; slight sweet fragrance. Fragrant iris. -
Faithfulness$9.50(Waltermire 1983) TB 36 inches (91 cm) E-M. Ruffled full violet blue; white beard; pronounced sweet fragrance. Sapphire Hills X Full Tide. Fragrant Iris. -
Fall Empire$8.25(George Sutton, 2002) TB, 32 inches (81 cm), ML & RE S. and style arms naples yellow; F. empire yellow (11D), cream around beard; beards orange, yellow at end; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Saxon X Orange Popsicle. -
Fan Flare$16.00(Larry Lauer, 1998) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), ML S. and style arms reddish brown; F. purplish lavender, with reddish brown rim and brown shoulders; beards mustard, tipped purple; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Fragrant iris. -
Fancy Dress$17.75(Keith Keppel, 1998) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), E S. violet, paler veining, margin and base; style arms white, flushed violet; F. darker violet, paler veining and margin, white area surrounding beard; beards white, tipped orange in throat; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. HM 2000. Fragrant iris. -
Fancy Woman$13.00(Keith Keppel, 1995) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), VE-EM S. french lilac blended light lilac grey edge and base; F. blended and washed roman purple to french lilac, paler veining and narrow edge, white area beside beard; beards mikado orange, base white; sweet fragrance. HM 1997, AM 1999, Wister 2001. Runner up for the Dykes two years! Fragrant iris. -
Fashion Passion$17.75(Tom Burseen, 1993) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), M S. white, yellow glow at midrib; F. velvety dark red purple, 1/8 inches lavender pink edge; beards gold; heavily ruffled; slight fragrance. Fragrant iris. -
Fashionably Late$9.50(Keith Keppel, 1998) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), L S. blended rose violet; style arms greyed heather; F. blended rose violet, old rose haft suffusion; beards antique red, scarlet vermilion deep in throat; ruffled, faintly laced; slight sweet fragrance. HM 2000, AM 2004. Fragrant iris. -
Feed Back$13.00(Ben Hager, 1983) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), E-M & RE (Sept-Oct in CA) Mid-violet; yellow beard; pronounced sweet fragrance. Reliable multiple rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 3 to 9. Early rebloom. Pronounced sweet fragrance. -
Feeling Spicy Tonite$13.00(Cheryl Deaton, 2012) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), E-L & RE S. dark orange, ruffled and laced; style arms dark orange; F. burnt orange, slightly lighter edge, ruffled; beards burnt orange; slight spicy fragrance. Juicy Fruit X Double Vision. -
Feminine Fire$7.25(Richard Ernst, 1991) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), EM Ruffled medium pink infused apricot, deeper pink hafts; beards orange red; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1994. -
Fimbriated Space$8.25$7.50(George Sutton, 1999) TB, SA, 35 inches (89 cm), ML Ruffled white, S. very open; style arms with fimbriated crests; beards white, hairs tipped pale yellow in center, orange yellow in throat, extended as white petaloid ending in white flounce; slight spicy fragrance. -
Finsterwald$8.25$7.50(S.Innerst 1994) IB, 16 inches (41 cm), M S.med yellow with brown;F.spot;B.orange fragrance. HM 1998 -
Fjord$8.00(Roger Nelson, 1995) TB, 37 inches (94 cm), ML Blue white self,aging white B-cool white;slight sweet fragrance. HM 1999. -
Flamboyant Peach$14.00(John Painter, 2015). TB, 34" (86 cm), M-L S. and style arms peach; F. light peach center and narrow edge, dark rose-mauve shoulders and wide band; beards coral-orange; pronounced musky fragrance. unknown X Bowled Over. -
Flamenco Whirl$10.50(B. Hamner, 1988) TB, 30-32 inches (76-81 cm), M S. golden yellow; F. maroon red, edged golden yellow, few gold markings around gold beard; ruffled; slight spicy fragrance. -
Florentine Gold$10.00(Bruce Filardi, 2010) TB, 37" (94 cm), ML S. and style arms gold; F. gold, overall plicata wash of brownish-orange, lighter around beard; beard hairs white tipped gold; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Ring Around Rosie X Tanzanian Tangerine. -
Flow Blue$8.25$7.50(Duane Meek, 1992) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), EM S-soft blue with darker flecks F-light center,blue on edge with dark flecks B-soft blue;fragrant. -
Flower Shower$8.00John Weiler, 1990) SDB, 11 inches (28 cm), EML & RE Dark red violet; beards violet; pronounced sweet fragrance. HM 1993.
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