Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Currier McEwen
Year Of Registration: 1984
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: T1 76/74
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 29 inches (73 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Dark violet standards, edged very light violet blue; light violet blue falls, prominent dark violet veining, greenish yellow signals
Style Arm Color: Dark violet

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: 74/50: (72/24, mixed sdlgs. from Hirao x unknown) X unknown
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Japanese Iris
  • Iris
  • Hanashobu

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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-07-02
Day 1 bloom
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-27
Early on day 1.
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-27
Late on day 1.
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