Common Name:
Japanese Iris
Scientific Name:
Iris ensata
Family Name:
Iridaceae
Growth Habit
about 2 feet tall.
Leaves
sword-shaped, with prominent midrib.
Flowers
wide and flat about 6 inches. Falls are large, elliptic to ovate and beardless; standards are short, narrowly oblanceolate. Colors are white to blue, purple, reddish-purple, or lavender-pink.
Landscape Uses
masses; specimen; moist conditions.
