Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Payne
Year Of Registration: 1962
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1964
Seedling Number: 757
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 44 inches (112 cm)
Bloom Season: Early
Bloom Color Classification: Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: White stained standards, edged hyacinth violet; hyacinth violet falls, small white halo, white veins
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1966

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: Hinode-Dzura X the Great Mogul
Child plants: one child plant

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

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