Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Currier McEwen
Year Of Registration: 1997
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1998
Seedling Number: 89/2(2)
Classification: Japanese (Ensata)
Registered Height: 26 inches (65 cm)
Bloom Season: Very Early
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: White
Bloom Color Description: Pure white, yellow signal on falls, unobtrusive greenish veins

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: Springtime Snow X self

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Japanese Iris
  • Hanashobu
  • Japanese Water Iris
Also sold as:
  • 'Seaway's Outset'

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Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-17
Location: z6a MA, my garden
Date: 2013-06-17

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