Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Sass-Graham
Year Of Registration: 1959
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1960
Seedling Number: 1-57
Classification: Border Bearded (BB)
Registered Height: 26 inches (66 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Purple
Silver/Grey
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Blended brown gray and purple
Beard Color: Brown
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1961
Knowlton Medal: 1967
Other: Knowlton Award: 1962

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 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Black Delight X sdlg 54-95
Child plants: 40 child plants

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Common names
  • Border Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2016-05-06

Date: 2015-05-16
Location: Sass Memorial Garden NE 
Date: 2023-05-24
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-27
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2018-04-29
Photo by crowrita1
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-16
Location: Las Cruces, NM
Date: 2019-04-27
TB Iris Jungle Shadows
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-06-04
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: In my garden
Date: 2015-05-16
Location: Chino Valley, AZ
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: in my garden
Date: 2014-04-10
Location: My Garden in Janesville, WI
Date: 2023-05-28
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: north central Texas
Date: 2003-04-20
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: my front yard
Date: 2014-05-27
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-06-04
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: my front yard
Date: 2013-05-31

Photo courtesy of Rainbow Iris Farm

Date: 2013-05-01

Image courtesy of Iris City Gardens
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