Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Classification: Species

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
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Japanese Iris
  • Species Iris
  • Hanashobu
  • Iris
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Iris ensata
  • Synonym: Iris kaempferi

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Location: Maine
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2015-06-09
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-06-05
Location: Maine
Date: 2014-07-12
Location: Maine
Date: 2014-07-07
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2018-07-16
Iris ensata
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2016-06-09
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2018-06-10
Japanese Iris 010
Location: illustration from the 1895 Pitcher and Manda catalog, Short Hills, NJ
Date: c. 1895
Location: Maine
Date: 2017-07-08
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2000
Japanese iris (Iris ensata). Wild plant in natural habitat.
Location: Maine

Date: c. 1927
photo from the 1927 catalog, John Scheepers, New York City, NY
Location: Orangeburg, SC
Date: 2012-05-21
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-06-25
Location: my garden
Date: 2015-06-28
Iris ensata "Diamant" , dutch hybridizer
Location: Russia, Krasnodarskij Kraj
Date: 2020-04-10
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Date: 998
Japanese iris (Iris ensata). Wild plants in natural habitat.
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, England UK 
Date: 2020-06-27
Location: Kiritappu Wetland, Hokkaido, Japan
Wild ensata var. spontanea. Photo courtesy of Miya.m

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, England UK 
Date: 2020-06-27

Date: c. 1913
photo from the 1913 Cherry hill Nurseries catalog, West Newbury,
Location: Nara prefecture, Japan
Date: 2014-06-17
Photo courtesy of: 663highland
Location: Japanese iris Garden of Kitayama Park, Higashimurayama, Tokyo.
Photo Courtesy of Yasu
Location: Suigo Sawara Aquatic Botanical Garden; Katori City, Japan
Photo courtesy of katorisi

Date: c. 1949
image from the 1949 catalog, Flowerfield Bulb Farm, Long Island,

Credit florum
Location: Nara prefecture, Japan
Date: 2014-06-17
Photo courtesy of: 663highland
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-06-03

Date: 2011-06-19
Photo courtesy of: Takashi Hososhima

Date: c. 1937
illustration from the 1937 catalog, Robert Wayman, Bayside, New Y
Location: Maine
Date: 2024-07-02
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Comments:
  • Posted by eclayne (Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA - Zone 6a) on Feb 12, 2012 7:26 PM concerning plant:
    Refer to the Iris Encyclopedia page for culture of Japanese Iris. Irises (Iris) (see below)

    Excerpt from "Cultivation Of Japanese, Bog, Water and Species Beardless Irises" by Polly Kinsman. "Most of the water irises can be grown in or near a pond, but in areas that freeze they cannot have their rhizomes under water as it will suffocate the plant."
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