{"title":"Irises","description":"\u003cp\u003eShop field-grown iris plants from CreativEdge Daylilies in Kernersville, NC. Beautiful varieties suited to zone 7 gardens — available seasonally alongside our daylily and dahlia selection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"above-and-beyond","title":"Above and Beyond","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbove and Beyond\u003c\/strong\u003e earns its name. Registered by Donald Delmez in 2000, this three-fall Japanese iris opens with standards of blue violet veined in deeper blue and finished with clean white tips. The falls are the real showstopper — white ground splashed and veined in blue, like ink dropped into water, with a bright yellow-green signal at the heart. Softly ruffled throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 35 inches tall and blooming midseason, it earned an Honorable Mention from the American Iris Society in 2004. A cross of 'Cascade Crest' × 'Chitose Hime'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially in spring, and slightly acidic soil — they're intolerant of lime. Full sun brings the best performance, though they'll still bloom with a half day of shade. Hardy in zones 4–8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48298925523180,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/Above_and_Beyond_1.png?v=1788491562"},{"product_id":"abundant-display","title":"Abundant Display","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbundant Display\u003c\/strong\u003e comes out of Walter Marx's breeding program, registered and introduced by Ben Hager in 1985. Marx worked in Oregon through the middle of the last century and shaped much of what American Japanese irises became; Hager, a major California hybridizer in his own right, carried several of Marx's later seedlings through to introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSix broad falls open on white, in the flat wide form that gives Japanese irises their presence in the garden. A diploid, which tends toward a lighter, more refined flower than the heavier modern tetraploids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 40 inches with midseason bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. 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Pleasant Iris Farm in southwest Washington and is a Master Judge with the American Iris Society; several of his introductions hold national awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 42 inches with midseason bloom, it's tall enough to hold its own at the back of a border.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. Hardy in zones 4–8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299006394604,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/Angelic_Choir1.png?v=1788491133"},{"product_id":"agrippinella","title":"Agrippinella","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgrippinella\u003c\/strong\u003e brings rose pink to a class of flowers dominated by blues and purples. The doubled form opens full and layered, deep rose pink washed over a white background so the color reads warm rather than flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered by Ophelia Straw in 1979 and introduced the following year, it's one of the older varieties in our collection — a reminder that plants bred four decades ago can still hold their own against modern introductions. Standing 39 inches with midseason bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. Hardy in zones 4–8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299020484844,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/Agripinella.png?v=1788490989"},{"product_id":"amethyst-actress","title":"Amethyst Actress","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmethyst Actress\u003c\/strong\u003e is a nine-fall Japanese iris — an uncommon form. Where most Japanese irises open with three or six falls, this one carries nine, layering into a fuller, rounder flower with real depth to it. The white ground is heavily marked in amethyst purple, which is where it earns the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered by Chad Harris in 2007 and introduced in 2009. Harris runs Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm in southwest Washington, where he's been growing irises for four decades, and he's a Master Judge with the American Iris Society. His seedling 99JC2 also produced a sibling, 'Amethyst's Sister', a taller nine-fall introduced a few years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 40 inches with late bloom, it comes on after most other Japanese irises have finished — one of the varieties that carries the display deeper into summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. Hardy in zones 4–8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299026579692,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/Amethyst_Actress.png?v=1788490944"},{"product_id":"artesian-spring","title":"Artesian Spring","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtesian Spring\u003c\/strong\u003e carries its flowers at 48 inches — four feet of stem holding six broad falls in a soft blending of purple that shifts across the petal rather than sitting flat. The effect is closer to watercolor than to a solid color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered in 2009 by Chad Harris of Mt. Pleasant Iris Farm in southwest Washington. Harris has been growing irises for four decades and is a Master Judge with the American Iris Society; several of his Japanese iris introductions hold national awards, including 'Bewitching Twilight', which took the Payne Medal in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBlooming late, after most other Japanese irises have finished, it's one of the varieties we count on to carry color deeper into summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. Hardy in zones 4–8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299032576236,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/Artesian_Spring.png?v=1788490780"},{"product_id":"august-emperor","title":"August Emperor","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAugust Emperor\u003c\/strong\u003e is a giant. At 57 inches it stands nearly five feet tall — one of the tallest Japanese iris in our garden and a genuine landmark plant at the back of a border or beside water. The flowers are a deep, saturated red violet, uniform throughout in what growers call a self, with the full doubled form that was prized in the mid-century American breeding programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered by Walter Marx in 1961 and introduced the following year. Marx was one of the great names in American Japanese iris breeding, working out of Oregon through the middle of the last century, and this is one of his lasting introductions. A cross of 'Summer Storm' × a Marhigo seedling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt blooms late — after most other Japanese irises have finished — which makes it valuable for stretching color deeper into summer. Pair it with early and midseason varieties to carry the display across several weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. Hardy in zones 4–8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299040964844,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/August_Emporer.png?v=1788490708"},{"product_id":"barbara-said-so","title":"Barbara Said So","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Said So\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of the tallest Japanese irises we grow, reaching 44 inches — a commanding presence at the back of a border or along a pond edge, where the flowers carry well above surrounding foliage. Six broad falls open in the flat, wide form that makes Japanese irises so distinctive. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered by Patrick Spence in 2020 and introduced the following year through Cascadia Iris Gardens, the Washington nursery he runs with his wife Margaret. Blooming early to midseason, it opens ahead of many other Japanese irises and helps stretch the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. Hardy in zones 4–8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299045388524,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/Barbara_Said_So.png?v=1788490664"},{"product_id":"beautiful","title":"Bountiful Blessings","description":"\u003cp\u003eBred to captivate, 'Bountiful Blessings' (\u003cem class=\"zhvwWe\"\u003eIris ensata\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e) showcases exceptionally large, flat-topped blooms characteristic of fine Japanese irises. Its elegant six-petaled falls feature a luminous sky-blue hue delicately traced with intricate, darker blue veining and subtle golden signals at the throat. Standing at an graceful height of around 34 inches, this cultivar rises above slender, sword-like green foliage that provides striking vertical interest throughout the spring and summer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299053154540,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/Bountiful_Blessings.png?v=1788490601"},{"product_id":"belgium-sky","title":"Belgium Sky","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBelgium Sky\u003c\/strong\u003e is exactly what the name promises. Six broad falls open in a clear, soft light blue, each one marked with a dark violet halo circling a deep yellow signal, with pale yellow rays fanning outward from the center. The style arms — four to six of them, unusually — are silvery white edged in blue, with crested stamens adding texture at the heart of the flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered by Belgian hybridizer Willy Hublau in 1996 and introduced through Delmez Gardens in 2006. Standing 35 inches with midseason bloom, its flat six-fall form makes a wide, open flower that reads beautifully from a distance. A cross of an unnamed seedling × 'Lady In Waiting'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. 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Pleasant Iris Farm in 1999 and introduced by Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden in 2000. It earned an Honorable Mention in 2005, an Award of Merit in 2009, and in 2013 took the Payne Medal — the highest award the American Iris Society gives a Japanese iris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA tall grower at 41 inches with midseason bloom, carrying 2–4 buds per stem. A cross of 'Knight in Armor' × a Marx seedling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. 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At 45 inches it stands tall enough to read from across the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered by Terry Aitken in 2017. Aitken runs Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden in Vancouver, Washington, and has been a significant figure in Japanese iris breeding and introduction for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. 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It earned an Honorable Mention in 2000, an Award of Merit in 2003, and took the Payne Medal — the highest honor for a Japanese iris — in 2005. Delmez, of St. Charles, Missouri, received the American Iris Society's Hybridizer Award in 2017 for his body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 35 inches with midseason bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. 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The standards are very small, in the flat, wide-faced form pseudatas share with their Japanese iris parent. It stands 37 inches, carrying at least seven buds per stem for a long succession of bloom, early to midseason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003ePseudatas thrive in or near water but grow well in ordinary garden beds too, given moisture. They're vigorous, deer-resistant, attractive to hummingbirds, and — being sterile — they won't self-seed or spread into waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGive them moisture, especially through spring, and slightly acidic to neutral soil. Full sun for best performance. 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Plant both to see the line carried forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 40 inches with midseason bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. Hardy in zones 4–8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299506335980,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/Cascade_Crest.png?v=1788489207"},{"product_id":"crayola-crayon","title":"Crayola Kiss","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e’Crayola Kiss’\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a stunning, highly regarded cultivar. 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The falls open wine purple, then splash and speckle over with white and lavender-purple pink — an irregular, scattered patterning that makes every flower slightly different from the next. Against the solid-color varieties it's a plant that rewards a closer look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered by Sterling Innerst in 1991 and introduced through Iris Pond the following year. It earned an Honorable Mention in 1996, an Award of Merit in 2000, and took the Payne Medal — the highest honor for a Japanese iris — in 2004. A cross of 'Dark Sea' × 'Japanese Sandman'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 40 inches and blooming midseason to late, it carries color into the back half of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. 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The Society for Japanese Irises formally registered it in 1993 to preserve it in the record. A 1928 nursery catalog listed it at forty cents a plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 36 inches with midseason bloom. (Not to be confused with the tall bearded iris of the same name — this is the Japanese iris.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. 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Six broad white falls are feathered through the center with crimson red, streaking outward from a bright yellow signal — the movement in the pattern is exactly what the name suggests, fish flashing under water.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered by Walter Marx in 1978 and introduced by Melrose Gardens the same year. It earned an Honorable Mention in 1982 and is recognized today as a historic iris by the Historic Iris Preservation Society. It's also the seed parent of 'Rivulets of Wine', which we grow as well — worth planting both to see the family line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eRegistered at 36 inches, though growers often report it running taller in good conditions. In North Carolina it typically starts blooming in early June.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. 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Its seed parent is 'Flashing Koi' — which we also grow, if you'd like to plant both and see the family resemblance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 40 inches with midseason bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. 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It earned an Honorable Mention in 2019, an Award of Merit in 2022, and in 2024 took the Randolph Perry Medal — the highest honor the American Iris Society gives a species cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTechnically this is a species hybrid rather than a true Japanese iris, bred from 'Gubijin' crossed with a complex Japanese iris seedling line. It grows and blooms like a Japanese iris and belongs in the same conditions, but the registration reflects its mixed parentage. Blooming late, it closes out the season at full height.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eGive it moisture, especially through spring, and slightly acidic soil — it won't tolerate lime. Full sun for the best performance. 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A cross of 'Wispy Clouds' × a seedling from 'Hagoromo' and 'Jocasta'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStanding 36 inches with midseason bloom. Beautiful in a border, and good for cutting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJapanese irises want moisture, especially through spring bloom season, and slightly acidic soil — they won't tolerate lime. Full sun gives the best performance. Hardy in zones 4–8.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreativeEdge Daylilies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48299530780908,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0820\/9825\/8156\/files\/Wave_Action_121108bc-e52e-469b-aff4-c26d15d07ede.jpg?v=1788486715"},{"product_id":"all-in-white","title":"All in White","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll in White\u003c\/strong\u003e is exactly that — six broad falls in clean white, a true self with no veining or brushing to break it up. 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