Fragrant Iris

Fragrant Bearded 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 scented bearded iris flowers, you will be pleased with the following selection from our range of fragrant irises.

Chailey Iris Garden - Bearded Irises
Foxgloves, Haywards Heath Road North Chailey, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 4DU
Phone: 01444 471 379
E-Mail: orders@bearded-iris.co.uk

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Arc De Triomphe £5.10 60437 (F.Kerr 1995) TB 32 inches (81 cm), M S-white,infused yellow F-yellow,darker veining & hafts B-gold;fragrant Quantity	Art Show £4.50 1006 (Keppel 1990) TB 34 inches (86 cm), M. The standards are peach beige and the falls are cordovan edged maize. Fragrant Iris. Quantity
Ascent of Angels £5.94 60476 (M.Bernard 1996) TB 36 inches (91 cm), M S-wistaria blue,deeper midrib F-wistaria blue washed violet B-lavender,gold throat;fragrant Quantity	Atlanta Belle £6.00 10025a (T. Magee 1992) TB, 40 inches (102 cm), L Large ruffled flowers of blended petticoat peach-pink. The hafts are greenish apricot and exude a sweet fragrance. Parentage: (Colorado Sunshine x White Lightning) X Hoopskirts. Pronounced sweet fragrance. Quantity
Aunt Lucy £4.00 60852 (Gerald Richardson, 1994) TB, 33 inches (84 cm), M S-flushed violet,fading to blue-violet edge F-blue-violet,deeper flush from violet-bronze B;fragrant. Cosmic Dance X Olympiad. Quantity	Autumn Tryst £6.50 1177 (Weiler 1993) TB, 34 inches (86 cm), EM & RE The standards are white, shot, stippled & edged rosy lavender and the falls are white, edged rosy lavender; beards pale yellow; slight sweet fragrance. Lilac Stitchery X Earl of Essex. Reliable rebloom for us in zone 8. Reported to rebloom in zones 6 to 9. Fragrant Iris. HM 1997 Quantity
Baboon Bottom £4.50 60163 (B. Kasperek 1994) BB, 26 inches (66 cm), M Streaked & swirled medium pink & old rose; tangerine beards, tipped rose pink; ruffled, laced; slight fragrance. Date Bait X Maria Tormena. Awards HM 1996, AM 1998, Knowlton Medal 2002. Quantity	Back Street Affair £5.94 60390 (S.Innerst 1997) TB 34 inches (86 cm), M S-medium yellow F-coffee to milky brown,yellow border B-brilliant gold;fragrant HM 2000 Quantity
Balch Springs £4.50 60265 (H.Nichols 1993) TB 36 inches (91 cm), ML S-light blue F-deeper,edged lighter B-yellow-blue;fragrant HM 1996 Quantity	Barn Dance ~~£5.20~~ £4.50 1185 (Monty Byers, 1991) TB, 35 inches (89 cm), EM & RE S. medium light yellow; F. pale straw yellow, slightly deeper yellow hafts and border peppered and sanded rose brown, small white area under bright yellow beard; ruffled; slight sweet fragrance. Broadway X Spirit of Fiji. Quantity
Bathsheba Comes £6.50 1187 (B. Miller, 1989) TB, 38 inches (97 cm), EM & RE (Oct in AL) Lightly ruffled smooth blend of garnet and deep rose; bronze beard; slight fragrance. Gideon Victorious X Samaritan. Sporatic rebloom Reported to rebloom in zones 8 and 9. Quantity	Before the Storm £6.50 1194 (S. Innerst, 1989) TB, 36 inches (91 cm), M Black; black beard tipped bronze; slight fragrance. Superstition X Raven's Roost. HM 1991, AM 1993, Wister 1995 Dykes 1996. Quantity