Iris ensata Lady In Waiting

The Japanese Iris Lady In Waiting has incredible, almost 20 cm, flat flowers of a pale pink color, with darker edges and a green-yellow center. Its upright stems and upright, narrow leaves are ideal for adding drama and movement to any garden composition. Every visitor to your garden will enjoy the incredibly large flowers. It will like to grow around a garden pond or in a perennial bed with a bit wetter soil.

How to grow Japanese iris

Iris ensata is a full-sun iris growing naturally in open wet fields in eastern Asia. Iris ensata has a vertical growth habit like most other iris species. Its large flowers come in different shades of blue. It needs to be grown in an acid humus-rich soil, with regular watering between early March and the end of July. Iris ensata can be planted in a sunny place in the garden, at the banks of a pond or slow flowing streams, or in wet places that are not flooded during the winter. It may prove necessary to cover the young plants through the first winter (with mulch, straw or bark shavings etc.) especially in the case of late planting.