Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sylvia Eddy by Anna Mae Miller
Year Of Registration: 1988
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1989
Seedling Number: 5-81-1
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Bloom Season: Early
Early Mid
Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Orchid
Bloom Color Description: Light orchid pink standards, darker around yellow hafts, blue haze around eye; light orchid pink falls, veined darker, darker halo and bluish cast around yellow eye
Style Arm Color: White, tipped orchid
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1991

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: Parentage unknown

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

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Date: 2016-06-01

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