Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sterling Innerst
Year Of Registration: 1991
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1992
Seedling Number: 3042-2
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 40 inches (102 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Description: Wine purple, splashed and speckled white lavender purple pink
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1996
Award of Merit: 2000
W. A. Payne Medal: 2004

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: Dark Sea X Japanese Sandman
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Japanese Iris
  • Hanashobu

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Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: June 2007
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