Iris ensata Gusto

Iris ensata Gusto showcases its captivating charm primarily in a lustrous, profound blue hue. Its blossoms are strikingly crisp and adorned with a generous white center, accompanied by distinctive radial yellow markings. The upright styles are adorned with delicate blue tips. Walter Marx, in his 1956 catalog, remarked that no other variety in the garden commands attention more prominently, and this sentiment continues to hold true to this day.

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.