Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: L. Rich
Year Of Registration: 1986
Seedling Number: K71-1M
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
Bloom Color Description: Pale lavender violet, veined darker violet, edged silver, gradually paling to silver background veined violet, yellow orange signals
Awards: Honorable Mention: 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: K69-1 C: ((Worley sdlg from Marhigo seeds x Star at Midnight sibling) x (Maddocks sdlg x Marx sdlg.)) X M69-9
Child plants: 2 child plants

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

Photo Gallery
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Date: 2003-07-07
at the VanDusen Botanical Garden
Location: The Gardens at Uncanoonuc Mountain, Goffstown NH
Date: July 2, 2022
Location: Washington 8b
Location: Courtyard JI garden
Date: 2008-0629
Full sun
Location: Shade garden (late afternoon sun)
Date: 2012-0625

Siberian Iris Gardens

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