Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sass
Year Of Registration: 1946
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1946
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Late
Bloom Color Classification: Purple
White
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1950

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
Parentage: Bertha Gersdorff X Moonlit Sea
Child plants: 24 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Sass Memorial Garden NE 
Date: 2023-05-24
Location: Sass Memorial Garden NE 
Date: 2023-05-24
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-04-07
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: 2018-06-03
Photo by crowrita1
Location: East Tennessee
Date: 2018-05-08
Photo by brettbarney73

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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