Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Hans Peter Sass
Year Of Registration: 1938
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1938
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Color Classification: Cream
Wine
Flower Patterns: Plicata
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1938
Award of Merit: 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
Child plants: 152 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

Photo Gallery
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2020-05-07
Showing the "Tiffany Pinch"

Date: c. 1949
illustration from the 1949 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Enid, Oklahoma
Date: 2014-04-27
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: Sass Memorial Garden NE 
Date: 2023-05-24

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2014-04-15

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: My garden in Western Minnesota
Date: 2020-08-03
Location: Whitesboro, TX
Date: 2017-05-23
Image courtesy of The Shady Spot Iris. All rights reserved.

Date: c. 1942
illustration from the 1942 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
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Of course I like this by purpleinopp Dec 19, 2014 12:03 PM 1

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