Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Darlyn Wilkinson
Year Of Registration: 2000
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 93-5
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 33 inches (84 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Bloom Color Description: Magenta purple lined darker, aging medium violet purple, shading out to creamy violet white rim, signals bright yellow surrounded by subtle blue purple area
Style Arm Color: Deep purple

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: 91-2-2: (Strut and Flourish x Caprician Butterfly) X Lavender Mist
Child plants: one child plant

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

Photo Gallery
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2011-0628
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2012-12-16
Photo taken just before sunset.
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2012-0619
It matches the coreopsis, 'Zagreb', behind it, so well.
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2014-06-22
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2012-0620
Exquisite buds.
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2012-0618
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2014-06-22

Photo courtesy Darlyn Wilkinson, Greywood Farm
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