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Iris Japanese Pinkerton

Common Name: Iris Japanese

Botanical Name: Iris ensata

Variety: Pinkerton

Blossom Color: Soft Pink

Bloom Time: Jun

Zone: 4 to 9

Exposure: Sun or Part Shade

Mature Height: 36"

Mature Width: 24-28"

Notes: A beautiful Japanese Iris with soft pink flowers. Pink crests arch above six bands of showy falls with dark veining and rippled edges. Bloom size on 'Pinkerton' is consistent with other Japanese Iris at 7" wide, nearly twice the size of some Siberian Iris. These plants are later to bloom, sometimes not flowering until a month after Siberian Iris have started.