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    IRIS ensata
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    IRIS ensata

    Commonly known as Japanese water iris

    (kaempferi) - Water iris - shades pink-purple
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    1.5 to 2 Litre   - Click to view photo - Early in the year, typically January til end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch
    Delivery Information
    Available again from March 2025
    £13.50 each 
    MULTIBUY SAVING
    Any 3+ £12.00 each
    Available again from March 2025 - New stock in early spring.
     
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    • Good to know
      Laevigatae group (water irises). Japanese irises.
    • Pests & Diseases
      Slugs, snails, sawfly larva, grey mould(Botrytis)
    • Place of origin
      Northern China, Japan, eastern Russia.
    • Deciduous
      Leaves 20-60cm (8-24in) long with prominent midribs.
    • Shades of pink
      All shades of pink through to Carmine (red)
      Pink/purple colour
    • Bog garden
    • Cottage garden
    • Town garden
    • Fully hardy
    • Height
      90cm (36in)
    • Spread
      7cm (2¾in)
    • Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial
      Rhizomatous, beardless perennial with single, occasionally branched, stems. Flowers. 3 or 4 to a stem, are 8-15cm (3-6in) across
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
    • Hardy - cold winter
      Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Wet or boggy soil
      Flourishes at the margins of ponds or streams or in moist borders.
    • Full sun
    • harmful if eaten
      People and pets, i.e. cats, dogs, rabbits, rodents
    • skin irritant
      People
    • Rabbit Resistant
    • Mature Size
      90cm (36in)
      bulb/corm - guide for size not form Watering Can
        7cm (2¾in)
       
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