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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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Foreign Statesman$8.00(Sterling Innerst, 1993) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), M Full purple; beards purple blue, tipped bronze; slight fragrance. About the best purple self Iris HM 1995. -
Forever Yours$9.50$8.50(Ben Hager, 1993) TB, 36-38 inches (91-97 cm), M & RE Clear white; beards white, tipped yellow. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 6 to 9. Fragrant Iris. -
Frappe$16.00$14.00(Byers 1991) TB 34 inches (86 cm), EM & RE S. varying from very pale strawberry pink to pinkish white; F. slightly deeper pale strawberry pink blended very pale raspberry pink with white striations underlying upper third; beards orange tangerine; lightly ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. -
Free From Darkness$15.00(David Headrick, 2001) TB, 32 inches (81 cm), ML S. dark royal purple; style arms lighter purple; F. purple black center, royal purple at edge, dark wine red shoulders veined white; beards deep blue at end, mustard in throat; slight sweet fragrance. Lady Friend X Hello Darkness. -
Free Will$20.00(Larry Lauer, 2015) TB, 35" (89 cm), M-L S. mimosa yellow,; style arms canary yellow.; F. chrome yellow lightening to chinese yellow rim, light methyl violet) flash around beards extending _??? down center of petal; beards indian yellow in throat, mineral violet at end; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Sundrenched X Whispering Spirits. -
French Rose$8.25$7.50(George Sutton, 1998) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), M Ruffled blended french rose and salmon; style arms salmon; beards spanish orange; slight sweet fragrance. -
Frost Echo$10.50(Aitken 1995) TB 34 inches (86 cm) EM & RE The standards and style arms are whiteand the falls are very pale lavender with zonal spot, fading to white; beards white; slight spicy fragrance. Immortality X (Seawolf x I Do). Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 5 to 9. -
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Gina The Gypsy$7.25(D. Pinegar,1994) TB, 30 inches (76 cm), EM S. greenish yellow narrowly edged white; F. velvety deep purple blending outward to light blue purple, narrow brownish edge, brownish red hafts; beards deep yellow; tailored; slight sweet fragrance. Twist of Fate X Rowdy. -
Girl Next Door$9.50(P.Black 1990) TB 36 inches (91 cm), EM S-white with pink lines up midrib F-pink,amber hafts B-orange;fragrant 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