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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Jean Guymer$10.50(Zurbrigg 1977) TB RE 36 inches (91 cm), Lightly ruffled apricot pink self. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 5 to 9. Fragrant Iris. -
John$8.00(Allan Ensminger, 1990) IB, 26 inches (66 cm), E-L S. chocolate brown, yellow midrib; brown style arms; F. straw yellow; yellow beard; slight fragrance. People Pleaser X Hula Dancer. HM 1992, AM 1994 -
Joy Junction$8.25$7.50(Tom Burseen, 1993) TB, 33 inches (84 cm), EM S. tan, blended purple; F. white, 1 inches brilliant washed red purple edge; beards yellow, tipped lavender; ruffled; sweet fragrance. -
Jurassic Park$17.75(Larry Lauer, 1995) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), EM S. and style arms canary yellow; F. blended lavender blue purple, yellow veining and edging; beards yellow, tipped blue purple; slight sweet fragrance. HM 1997, AM 1999, Wister 2002.
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Kevin's Theme$8.25$7.50(Frederick Kerr, 1993) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), ML S. ivory yellow with blue violet center flush; F. blue violet, lightening to white around beard; beards yellow, tipped blue violet; ruffled; slight musky fragrance. HM 1997, AM 2001. -
Kid's Clothes$8.00(Tom Burseen, 1994) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), ML S. tannish orange, serrate; F. white ground with red purple speckling more concentrated toward red purple edge; beards mustard, tipped orange; ruffled; musky fragrance. -
Kim's Melody$10.50(Richard Ernst, 2000) TB, 37" (94 cm), M Violet, F. blended white around beard; beards white, yellow in throat; slight sweet fragrance. -
Kiss of Kisses$16.00(Frederick Kerr, 1997) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), M & RE S. lemon yellow; style arms yellow; F. white, wide yellow hafts, 1/4 inches dark reddish edge infusing and lightening toward center to form 1 inches band; beards medium yellow; slight musky fragrance. Sporatic rebloom for us in zone 8. -
La Mer$9.50(Gerald Richardson, 1994) TB, 37 inches (94 cm), EM S. pale blue white; F. light blue, fading smoothly to pale blue rim; beards blue white; slight fragrance. HM 1998. -
La Troienne$10.00(Bruce Filardi, 2011) TB, 38" (97 cm), M S. white almost completely covered with bright dark purple plicata markings; style arms bright dark purple; F. shiny, waxy pure white ground narrowly edged. pale yellow oval spot on shoulder when fresh; beards white tipped mixture of muted gold and purple; ruffled, laced; slight spicy fragrance. Art Deco X Harvest Butterfly. -
Leanna$8.00(LeRoy Meininger, 1997) TB, 30 inches (76 cm), EM Heavily ruffled white ground plicata, S. densely peppered lavender, F. with heavily peppered 3/4 inches lavender edge; style arms medium lavender; beards gold, tipped lavender; pronounced sweet fragrance. -
Leave the Light On$16.00(Riley Probst, 2013) IB, 22 (56 cm), S. blue-purple with a 1/16 inch gold edge; style arms bright yellow, vertical purple veining on style crests; F. blue-purple luminata pattern, bright yellow area with a 1/4 inch white spear extending downward from beard; beards orange; pronounced sweet fragrance. Wild Hair X High Master. HM 2015, AM 2017. -
Let's Be Friends$17.75(Christopherson 2002) TB, 31 inch (79 cm), M The standards are light purple paling to yellow tan rim and the falls are white ground, purple luminata wash. The beards are yellow with rust hair tips. Slight sweet fragrance. Spirit world X Oninous Stranger. -
Life of Riley$8.00(McWhirter 1993) TB 36 inches (91 cm), M S-peach F-rose-tan B-bright red;slight fragrance HM 1995 -
Light Rebuff$9.50(Raymond Smith, 1992) TB, 30 inches (76 cm), M & RE S. pale orange yellow with slight pink cast; F. pale orange yellow veined green; beards yellow, tipped tangerine; ruffled; slight fragrance. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 5 to 9. HM 1993 -
Like a Charm$8.00(Monty Byers, 1989) IB, 22 inches (56 cm), M & RE SA S. light lemon yellow; F. white with bright yellow from hafts to end of beard; blue beard tipped yellow, blue violet horns; lightly ruffled; pronounced sweet fragrance. -
Lofty Dreams$8.25$7.50(Evelyn Robarts, 1992) TB, 35-37 inches (89-94 cm), M Ruffled pale blue white; beards medium blue; slight sweet fragrance. -
Los Coyotes$8.00(Tom Burseen, 1993) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), EM S. brilliant pure golden yellow; F. golden yellow ground with bright red streaks and veining, fine yellow edge; beards gold; ruffled; spicy fragrance. HM 1997. -
Lou Peach$11.00(Lou Ehrcke, 1998) TB, 33 inches (84 cm), M Peach, F. washed light magenta rose; beards greyed orange; lightly laced; slight musky fragrance. -
Louise Todd$8.00(J, McWhirter 1995) TB 38 inches (97 cm), ML S-orchid-blue,lavender-blue style arms F-white B-orchid-lavender;slight fragrance
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