Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Walter Marx by D. Rogers
Year Of Registration: 1984
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1985
Seedling Number: CF-UKE
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: Dark purple standards, fringed white edge; white falls, heavily veined dark purple, gold signals
Style Arm Color: Dark purple, fringed white edge
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1987
W. A. Payne Medal: 1994
Other: Payne Award 1990

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Ploidy: Diploid
Parentage: Parentage unknown
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Japanese Iris
  • Hanashobu

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Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2020-06-17
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-23
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-06-26
More sun this year, so more blooms.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2014-06-29
Grown in shadier conditions; roughly 4 hours of sun per day.
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2019-06-10
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2018-05-22
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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-24

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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-22
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