Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Chad Harris
Year Of Registration: 2004
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2005
Seedling Number: 96JG2
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Early
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
White
Bloom Color Description: Pink standards; dark pink falls, blue cast around signals evenly blending to soft pink edge, signals yellow in sunburst pattern
Style Arm Color: Off white, edged pink, style crests pink
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2008
Award of Merit: 2010
W. A. Payne Medal: 2012

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
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: Joy Peters X Hatsu Kagami

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Japanese Iris
  • Hanashobu

Photo Gallery
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2011-06-19
Location: Belmont
Date: 2008-0701
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon
Date: 2011-06-19
Uploaded by coboro
Location: Washougal, WA
Date: 2009
Photo courtesy of Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm, posted with permission
Location: Belmont
Date: 2008-0620
Location: Belmont
Date: 2008-0620
Location: Belmont
Date: 2009-0624
Uploaded by coboro
Comments:
  • Posted by pirl (Southold, Long Island, NY - Zone 7a) on Dec 6, 2013 7:47 PM concerning plant:
    This is a very small flower.

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