Border Bearded Iris (Iris 'Batik') in the Irises Database

Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer:	Allan Ensminger
Year Of Registration:	1985
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry):	1986
Seedling Number:	79-79
Classification:	Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height:	26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season:	Mid
Bloom Color Classification:	Purple White
Flower Patterns:	Broken
Bloom Color Description:	White ground, striped royal purple
Beard Color:	Yellow tipped white
Foliage:	Purple Based
Awards:	Honorable Mention: 1988 Award of Merit: 1990 Knowlton Medal: 1992

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences:	Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 8b
Flowers:	Showy
Underground structures:	Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds:	Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Ploidy:	Tetraploid
Parentage:	Aegean Star X Purple Streaker
Child plants:	27 child plants

Common names

Border Bearded Iris
Iris

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2023-05-28

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Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2018-05-23

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Location: Shoreacres, B.C.
Date: 2005-06-12
A free spirit, with every blossom different.

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Location: Carrie's garden, Trail, Oregon
Date: 2019-05-14
One of my Favs!

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL

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Location: Pleasants Valley Iris Farm, Vacaville CA
Date: 2010-04-28

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Location: Clarksville, TN
Date: 2018-05-08

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Location: My garden, Grapevine, TX
Date: Spring 2017

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Location: Oak Run, CA
Date: 2016-04-17
in a friend's yard

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Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-04-30

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Location: My property in Idaho
Date: Photo taken May 31, 2022

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Location: Jones OK,
Date: April 2015
Batik

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Location: Indiana
Date: May
Batik border bearded iris

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-15

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Sometimes they have 4 fall and standards. This has 2 beards.

Uploaded by Zencat

Date: 2021-05-05
got from Lowes at 10.98, healthy and bloomed on May-4-2021

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Location: Yorkville, IL
Date: 2020-06-01

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-05-31

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Location: Pleasant Grove, utah
Date: 2011-05-31
Lots of white on this one

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Location: IN MY GARDEN (920 m in the northern alps)
Date: 2018-05-30

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-17
I see a bit more red/purple tones than my camera can capture.

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Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-08

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Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Date: 4/20/2021
First Bloom

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-17

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2010-05-21

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Location: Kansas City, MO
Date: 2015-05-10

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Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.

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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-26

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Photo Courtesy of E and B Farm Used with Permission

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Location: Poilly-Lez-Gien France
"Photo courtesy of Cayeux Iris. Used with permission."

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Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2007-04-23

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Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2003-09-08
SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA

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Location: My garden
Date: 2019-05-25
First year bloom. Accurate color

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Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2018-04-25

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Location: IN MY GARDEN (920 m in the northern alps)
Date: 2019-06-19

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Location: IN MY GARDEN (920 m in the northern alps)
Date: 2018-05-20

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: May 27, 2017

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Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2018-05-30
Iris 'Batik'

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Location: My garden in zone 5/6 Indiana.
Date: May 2014

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Location: Photo by Carol Bacskai; zone 5b, Yorkville, IL
Date: 2017-05-25

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Location: Farmer John's Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-04-29

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Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2013-05-21

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Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-05-30

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Location: Canoga Park, California
Date: 2006-04-30

Uploaded by Kelli

Location: My garden in Northwest Arkansas
Date: 2013-05-11
Amazing variety in blooms - one was mostly white with only a smal

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2010-05-16

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Location: Panama Illinois
Date: 2020-05-18

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Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2019-05-24
Iris 'Batik'

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Location: Kaunas, Lithuania, EU
Date: 2012-06-19

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Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-11

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-27

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Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-21

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Location: My garden in Bakersfield, CA
Date: April, 2006

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Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date: 2019-05-22
Iris 'Batik'

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Comments:

Posted by KentPfeiffer (Southeast Nebraska - Zone 5b) on Mar 22, 2012 9:51 AM concerning plant:

Probably Alan Ensminger's most famous creation. It grows very well here, far better than most broken colored irises.

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Posted by Dodecatheon3 (Northwest Arkansas - Zone 6b) on Apr 28, 2014 6:33 AM concerning plant:

Batik is a beautiful iris, but after growing it for several years, I've noticed it gets leaf spot more severely than any of the other irises I grow.

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Plant Events from our members
Zencat	On May 8, 2018	Bloomed
Zencat	On May 9, 2017	Bloomed
Zencat	On May 4, 2016	Bloomed
Zencat	On May 1, 2015	Bloomed
chelle	On March 1, 2014	Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) Plant failed to winter-over. Rotted in container.
dragonfetti	On April 24, 2015	Bloomed
dragonfetti	On March 12, 2015	Plant emerged Several fans are coming up on one of the rhizomes.
dragonfetti	On January 14, 2015	Transplanted Planted both in glass tulip garden.
dragonfetti	On January 11, 2015	Obtained plant From WM; two plants, $2.98.
dragonfetti	On October 31, 2013	Obtained plant Guessing on the date received. www.irisfarmer.com/, Pleasants Valley Iris Farm.
aspenhill	On September 8, 2015	Obtained plant Work Dan Wells - qty lot
VAMOJO	On August 20, 2016	Obtained plant H-FDL
Hajue	On May 29, 2019	Bloomed
Hajue	On May 19, 2018	Bloomed
Hajue	On July 3, 2016	Transplanted
KJMarionGallant	On June 5, 2020	Bloomed
gardenglassgems	On January 9, 2023	Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) Was potted and growing in garage but did not survive winter 2022/2023.

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Border Bearded Iris (Iris 'Batik')