Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Hans Peter Sass
Year Of Registration: 1936
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1939
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Flower Patterns: Blend
Bloom Color Description: Apricot, rose pink, and copper blend
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1937
Award of Merit: 1941
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1943

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: Sandalwood X Amitola
Child plants: 179 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Photo by Henhouse
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-05-05
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-07-22

Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Michigan-my garden
Date: Summer 2021
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-21
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-21

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-21

Date: c. 1951
illustration from the 1951 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Photo by brettbarney73
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04
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