Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Currier McEwen
Year Of Registration: 1994
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2000
Seedling Number: JT(2)83/110
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 30 inches (76 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Light blue
White
Bloom Color Description: Blue white brushed blue, green signals when fresh, aging to lighter yellow green
Style Arm Color: Blue white, blue tufts

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: Tetraploid
Parentage: T(1)76/66(1): (Jewelled Sea x Returning Tide) X T(1)72/40(21): (sdlg., F3 from Hirao seed, x Garden Caprice)
Child plants: 3 child plants

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

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Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2013-06-20

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