Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Hans Peter Sass
Year Of Registration: 1938
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1939
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1940
Award of Merit: 1942

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Child plants: 6 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Finksburg, MD. My garden
Date: 2023-05-22
Location: Finksburg, MD. My garden
Date: 2021-05-24

Date: c. 1948
illustration from the 1948 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-17

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Irises Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Irises (Iris)

« Visit the Irises forum

« The Irises Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by crawgarden and is called ""

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.