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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Colorado Bonanza$8.00(Tom Magee 1996) TB 43 inch (109 cm) E. Ruffled silver infused gold; style arms silver, veined gold; beards silver, gold at end and in throat; slight sweet fragrance. Awards - HM 2000 -
Comme Un Volcan$17.75(Michle Bersillon, 2012) TB, 35" (90 cm), M S. blue violet, narrow grey border; style arms, sides creamy tan, darker center stripe; F. medium violet-blue, sides lighter, hafts blended tan; beards orange yellow, very light blue at end, 3-4 cm long blue violet appendages ending in small flounce; slight sweet fragrance. Derviche X Special Feature. -
Condor's Shadow$8.00(Robert Dunn, 2000) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), EM Deep velvety plum purple self,B.plum purple,ruffled. slight sweet fragrance. -
Confederate Royalty$10.50$9.50(W. Moores,1997) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), ML S. greyed lavender; F. white ground, violet purple fancy plicata markings; beards mustard; lightly ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Purple Pepper X Sides -
Congratulations$9.50(Keppel 1983) TB 35 inches (89 cm), M. Pansy-violet falls, deeper in center paling toward the edges, blue standards, blue beards tipped yellow. Fragrant Iris. HM 1985 AM 1988 -
Coral Point$16.00(George Sutton, 2000) TB, SA, 37 inches (94 cm), ML Ruffled and laced pale pink; beards coral, pink horn; slight musky fragrance. HM 2003. This is one of the better pink Iris that is outstanding in any garden.Click on image for much better photos.
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Cosmic Wave$8.00(F. Kerr,1996) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), EM S. medium violet blue, wide white border; F. medium blue violet; beards yellow, white at end; ruffled; pronounced spicy fragrance. Edith Wolford X Lullaby of Spring. -
Covet Me$7.25(B.Blyth 1994) TB 38 inches (97 cm), EML Lustrous pure gold,B.mustard gold musky fragrance -
Crusader Rabbit$18.25(L. Lauer,2003) TB, 30 inches (76 cm), EM S. amber yellow, center flushed peach; style arms amber yellow; F. white, amber yellow rim and shoulders; beards capsicum red; ruffled; pronounced sweet fragrance. -
Cycles$8.00(J.McWhirter 1986) TB 38 inches (97 cm), E-M S-light to mid-blue F-white,stitched blue on edge B-white;slight fragrance HM 1989 -
Daredevil$8.00(K.Keppel 1988) TB 36 inches (91 cm), M S-white,suffused columbine blue F-white,stitched blue edge B-orange;fragrant HM 1990 -
Dark Avenger$9.50(M. Sutton, 2003) IB SA, 19 inches (49 cm) E-M. S. and style arms violet blue; F. black; Beards blue with dark violet blue feathered horn; slightly spicy fragrance. -
Dark Passion$9.50(Schreiner's 1998) TB 35 inches (89 cm), M Ebony black self. B-black;pronounced sweet fragrant HM 2001 -
Dashing$8.00(Monty Byers, 1991) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), EM & RE S. medium deep purple; F. same, infused reddish violet, lighter area around blue beard; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 8 and 9. Fragrant Iris. -
Dawn of Change$8.00(Richard Ernst, 1993) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), M S. light lavender blue, paling to near-white at edge; style arms with yellow highlights; F. white with golden yellow shoulders; beards orange, tipped light yellow; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1996. -
Debbie Reynolds$9.00(O. Schick,1996) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), ML S. and style arms peach-tinted light pink; F. peach-tinted light pink edge, lightening toward center; beards light pink; heavily ruffled and laced; slight sweet fragrance. Femme Fatale X Sue Ellen. -
Debrenee$9.50(William Maryott, 1995) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), EM S. light lavender with hint of pink; F. smooth medium violet maroon; beards tangerine; sweet fragrance. HM 1998. Fragrant iris. -
Designing Woman$14.00(Joseph Gatty, 1990) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), E-L S. french lilac; F. aster, paling to iris and ageratum faintly shaded buff on hafts; salmon to lilac white beard; pronounced sweet fragrance. HM 1992, AM 1994. Pronounced sweed fragrance. -
Devonshire Cream$20.00(George Sutton, 2000) TB, 37 inches (94 cm), ML-VL Heavily ruffled cream white, F. with dark lemon hafts; beards yellow, cream at end and cream base; heavily ruffled; slight spicy fragrance. HM 2002, AM 2004. Fragrant iris. -
Diamond Sunset$20.00(Greg Hester,2017) TB, 34" (86 cm), M S. and style arms lemon-yellow; F. lemon-yellow ground, white wash in center, ½" purple wash on edge; beards yellow-orange; ruffled; diamond dusted; slight sweet fragrance. Jazz Band X Queen's Circle.
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