Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Stahlman-Washington
Year Of Registration: 1930
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1931
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Tan
Wine
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1930
Award of Merit: 1933
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1936

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: 52 child plants

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Uploaded by Neela
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Uploaded by Neela
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-04

Date: c. 1940
illustration from Robert Wayman's 1940 catalog, Bayside, New York
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2019-04-16
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21

Date: c. 1939
photo from the 1939 catalog, Oakhurst Gardens, Arcadia, Californi
Location: Chino Valley Arizona
Date: 2021-05-04

Date: c. 1939
photo from the 1939 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton, Oregon

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24
Location: Southeast Nebraska
Date: 2014-05-24

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