Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Currier McEwen
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1997
Seedling Number: J89/28
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 36 inches (90 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Violet standards, darker veins; lobelia blue falls, dark violet blue halo around rich lemon yellow signal, dark violet blue veins radiating to edge of petals
Style Arm Color: Dark violet, edges and tufts very dark

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: Ashi-No-Ukifune X Kalamazoo

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Japanese Iris
  • Hanashobu
  • Japanese Water Iris

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Date: 2009-0716
Location: Before it was planted.
Date: 2009-0717

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Date: 2014-07-01

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