Fragrant Iris
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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Busy Being Blue$8.25(Denny 1990) TB 32 inches (81 cm) E. Light sky blue; white beard tipped yellow; slight fragrance. Regents' Row X Winterscape. -
Butterfingers$11.00$9.50(Larry Lauer, 1997) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), ML S. and style arms yellow; F. white ground changing to yellow, patterned brown edge, light purple center streak; beards yellow; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. HM 2000. -
Cable Car$8.25$7.50(Luihn 1982) TB 40 inches (102 cm), M-L. Brown; cadmium orange beards. Lily fragrance. HM 1984 -
Cabot Cove$8.00(Larry Lauer, 1994) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), M S. blue orchid, washed white; F. blue orchid, washed white, aging to show sanded pepper pattern on shoulders and margins; beards white, tipped lavender; slight fragrance. HM 1996. -
Calm Stream$8.25(Cy Bartlett, 1998) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), ML S. white, washed very pale lavender; F. medium blue lavender; beards light lavender, yellow in throat; heavily ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. -
Cantina$9.50(Monty Byers, 1990) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), M & RE S. medium red violet; F. medium violet, distinctly bordered bright red violet; beard mixed violet and gold; ruffled.Reliable multiple rebloom for us in zone 8.
Reported to rebloom in zones 5 to 9.
Fragrant Iris. HM 1997 -
Captain Indigo$8.00(Cy Bartlett,1999) IB, 24 inches (60 cm), E S. white, very heavily washed deep indigo blue; F. khaki; beards light khaki; lightly waved; slight fragrance. -
Catch A Wave$7.25(R.Nelson 1995) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), ML S-hazy violet blue,deeper style arms F-hazy violet blue,gilt edge B-gold orange-lavender;fragrant -
Celtic Skies$8.00(George Sutton, 1999) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), ML-VL Ruffled wistaria blue, F. lighter on lower half; style arms wistaria blue; beards lobelia blue, hairs tipped yellow in throat; serrate petal edges; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1995 -
Change of Pace$12.00(Schreiner's 1991) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), EM The standards are pink and the falls are white, rose violet plic. Fragrant Iris. HM 1993 AM 1997 -
Chaste Pearl$8.00(George Sutton, 1996) BB, 26 inches (66 cm), ML Ruffled crystalline pinkish white; style arms pale orient pink; beards coral. Fragrant Iris. -
Cherry Glen$9.50(Maryott's 1995) TB 38 inches (97 cm), EM S-red-violet maroon F-same but more velvety B-orange;spicy fragrance HM 1997 -
Chivalry$13.00$12.00(J.Wills 1943) TB 32 inches (81 cm), M Wills, 43; Medium blue Self, Ruffled; good substance, fragrant HM 1944 AM 1946 Dykes Medal 1947 -
Cin Cin$8.00(Sterling Innerst, 1998) BB, 25 inches (64 cm), M & SA Medium blue self; beards dark blue, dark blue horn; slight fragrance. Deity X Codicil. -
Circus Dancer$18.25(George Sutton, 2002) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), EML S. white, washed aster violet; style arms white and aster violet; F. white, veined and dotted aster violet, 1/2 inches veined aster violet edge; beards old gold, violet at end; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Momentum X Acoma.HM 2006 -
Clarence$19.00(Lloyd Zurbrigg, 1991) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), M & RE (Aug/ NC & VA) S. white, tinted violet at top; F. light blue violet, white center and hafts; cream beard; sweet fragrance. Parentage unknown. HM 1995, AM 1997, Wister 2000. One of the most award winning rebloomers. Rebloom reports in zones 4,5,6,7,8,& 9. Fragrant Iris. -
Classic Suede$9.50(L.Lauer 1999) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), EM S-light sienna brown F-sienna,patterned burnt sienna B-gold;fragrant HM 2001 -
Cloud Ballet$8.00(Lyle Fort, 1990) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), M S. pale blue white, darkening to medium blue edge; F. pale blue white, darkening to medium blue edge; white beard; ruffled and heavily laced; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1993. -
Coalignition$9.50(Tom Burseen, 1993) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), EM S. dark red maroon; F. sooty velvety black maroon; beards bright gold; ruffled; spicy fragrance. HM 1997. -
Color Me Blue$7.25(Schreiner, 1997) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), M Heavily ruffled light blue self B-white,yellow throat;pronounced fragrance. Delta Blues X Riverboat Blues. HM 1999, AM 2001.
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