Common names:
Iris
Japanese Iris
Hanashobu

Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification:Siberian
Bloom Season:Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification:Purple
Violet
Awards:Cook-Douglas Medal: 8020
Dykes Memorial Medal: 5002

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10a
Flowers: Blooms on new wood
Underground structures: Tuber
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Start indoors
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Other
Conservation status: Extinct in the Wild (EW)

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Freckled Peacock by coboro Jun 21, 2014 2:21 PM 6

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