Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Payne
Year Of Registration: 1962
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1964
Seedling Number: 787
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 42 inches (107 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
Violet
White
Bloom Color Description: Blending from dark violet center to mulberry purple, dark violet halo and veins, narrow white edging
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1966
Other: Payne Award 1968

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: Warai-hotei X (Otomene x Mahogany) x (Rishono x ((Ai-fukurin x Kongo-san) x Iso-no-nami))
Child plants: 8 child plants

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

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Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-06-30

Siberian Iris Gardens
Location: Washougal, WA
Date: 2008
Photo courtesy of Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm, posted with permission
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-06-30

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