Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jacob Sass
Year Of Registration: 1941
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1942
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Color Classification: Pink
Violet
Yellow
Flower Patterns: Luminata

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: Gargantua x Tenebrae
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-05-13
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-05-01
Bertha Gersdorff (Sass 1942)
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-27

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