Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Hans Peter Sass
Year Of Registration: 1937
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1937
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Cream
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1937

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: 40 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2022-05-04
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-05-02
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2011-05-12
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-17

Date: c. 1940
illustration from the 1940 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,

Date: c. 1939
illustration from the 1939 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-24
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