Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Toyokazu Ichie by Currier McEwen
Year Of Registration: 1996
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): prior to 1996
Seedling Number: 8A-123
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 36 inches (90 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: White standards, edged violet purple; white fall centers blending to violet purple at outer 3/4", rich aureolin yellow signal
Style Arm Color: White, light pinkish purple tufts

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
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: HO-6, inv. small flowered sdlgs., X NAGA #14, from sdlg. at Nagai Ayame Park
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Japanese Iris
  • Hanashobu

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Location: JI garden at old pine stump
Date: 2012-0611
Location: Old pine stump garden
Date: 2014-06-16
FFO today. First JI to bloom, as it always is here.
Location: JI garden at old pine stump
Date: 2012-0609
First bloom.
Location: JI garden at old pine stump
Date: 2012-0610
Location: JI garden at old pine stump
Date: 2012-0611
Location: Old pine stump garden
Date: 2014-06-16
Location: Old pine stump garden
Date: 2014-06-16
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-29
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