Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: A. Vogt
Year Of Registration: 1977
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1984
Seedling Number: D12771
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Light violet shading to grey white at edge, yellow signals surrounded by purple halo that extends as veining
Style Arm Color: Dark violet, grey edge
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1986
W. A. Payne Medal: 1993
Other: Payne Award 1988

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: Oriental Tracery X Tomino #11
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Japanese Iris
  • Hanashobu

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Location: JD garden (part of Belmont garden) 
Date: 2013-0701
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-06-30
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-07-01
Location: JD garden (part of Belmont garden) 
Date: 2013-0705
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-07-01
Location: JD garden (part of Belmont garden) 
Date: 2013-07-05
Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-07-04
Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-06-23
2nd day bloom
Location: Belmont garden - JD section
Date: 2014-05-21

Date: 2014-05-21
Location: Belmont garden - JD section
Date: 2014-05-21
Location: JD garden (part of Belmont garden) 
Date: 2013-07-05
Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-06-28

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Location: z6a MA, My Garden
Date: 2012-06-23
1st and 2nd day blooms
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Comments:
  • Posted by eclayne (Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA - Zone 6a) on Jul 28, 2012 4:58 PM concerning plant:
    Tall upright form with multiple branching and a long bloom period, two weeks by my 2nd year clump. Bloom size nearly doubles from day 1 to day 2.
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