Varigated Japanese?

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Glory May 17, 2003

Anyone know if this is a Varigated Japanese?

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Roz Gulfport, MS(Zone 8a) May 17, 2003

Glory, the bloom sure looks like my green Japanese. Very pretty.

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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) May 17, 2003

That'd be my guess, Iris enstata 'Variegata' http://www.hirts.com/cgi-local/catalog.cgi?cat=2,13,202,&item=2087

It's hardy too. Even here ;)

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busybee Kentwood, LA(Zone 8b) May 17, 2003

I have bought these two different times and they always die. I must be doing something really wrong. I didn`t think they were very hardy. The problem could be they got too much water. Could that be it, they don`t need much water and need to be planted in a dry place.

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poppysue Westbrook, ME(Zone 5a) May 17, 2003

Busybee, Japanese irises (Iris ensata) prefers a wet soil and will even grow in shallow water. You might have had a variegated Iris pallida... which likes it dry.

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Glory May 17, 2003

Mary,
There is clay under all this pine straw and it hold the water. The iris did die back last winter but came back.

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