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brass_tacks
16 years ago

Please help me choose a few fragrant tall bearded iris. Name your favorites or give me your opinion of the short list I'm trying to pick from. Thanks so much!

Color Me Blue

Fatal Attraction

Immortality

Jersey Bounce

Share The Spirit

Suspicion

Vanity

Comments (8)

  • gmason
    16 years ago

    Fragrant Lilac

  • iris_gal
    16 years ago

    Here's the list that this forum began in 2004.

    CELESTE (Lemón 1858)
    CREATIVE STITCHERY - like a birthday cake
    DAREDEVIL
    Death By Chocolate an SDB carried by SnowPeak.
    DEVIL'S LAKE very fragrant
    EASTER SONG
    ELECTRIQUE remember as having a nice fragrance when you're near them
    ENGLISH COTTAGE smells like line-dried laundry
    EVER AFTER
    FALL RERUN
    FANCY WOMAN remember as having a nice fragrance when you're near them
    FINALIST was very fragrant tonight
    FLUSHED DELIGHT
    FRAGRANT CLOUD is a TB that's taupe/gray colored. Originially listed only as a gray iris from my local supplier but blooms for me closer to tan. Smells like a floral perfume.
    FRAGRABT LILAC a TB carried by just about everybody.
    FRENCH PERFUME, TB, strong sweet/perfumy scent
    I. pallida, sweet scent - often like grapes, grape Kool-Aid or grape bubble gum
    GAY PARASOL (Schreiner 1974)
    GOLDEN IMMORTAL
    GYPSY WOMAN - lovely anise candy fragrance
    IDOL'S DREAM, TB, lemon meringue scent
    LAST KNIGHT, which smells like some daffodils. It is a large very ruffly deep magenta.
    LILAC WINE
    LIME MIST, SDB, lime scent
    LINGERING MELODY
    LOIS PARRISH
    MAKES SCENTS, TB, strong sweet scent
    MANDOLIN
    MANOR BORN
    MISTY LADY
    PEKING SUMMER, TB, orange scent
    PERFUME COUNTER
    PETITE POLKA, SDB, hot chocolate/cocoa scent
    PINK SLEIGH
    PINKNESS
    POCAHONTAS, historic TB, sweet grape scent
    RADIENT APOGEE is fragrant.
    RIPPLING RIVER has a definite and pleasant fragrance.
    SCOTTISH WARRIOR (Sutton '02) Strong what I would call a male's cologne musky scent!!
    Scottie smelled so strongly he found a new home on the porch!
    SNEEZY (Keppel '96) Same kind of scent as above, only tolerable!
    SOUTHLAND GRAPE fragrant from quite a distance
    SUGARTIME fragrant
    SUPERSTITION (Schreiner 1977)
    THAT SCENTSATION

  • brass_tacks
    Original Author
    16 years ago

    I went ahead and placed an order before I saw your long list. Thank you anyway.

  • alicia7b
    16 years ago

    Iris gal, a fabulous list. Thank you for posting that.

  • brimmsplace
    16 years ago

    Fancy Notion, Mullin '03. Smells like "pixie stix" candy I had as a child.

    Billy

  • iris_gal
    16 years ago

    Thanks Alicia. Glad you can use it!

    Billy ~~ I'll add Fancy Notion to the list. Thanks.

  • summersunlight
    9 years ago

    I can confirm that Immortality and Sugar Blues both have a fairly strong fragrance. To me, they both smell very similar - a very pleasant sweet candy like scent.

    Iris pallida variegata smells like grape soda.

  • aseedisapromise
    9 years ago

    Another one that is fragrant is Princess of Paradise. Here it is with Tom Johnson.

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