Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jacob Sass
Year Of Registration: 1938
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1938
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: White
Flower Patterns: Glaciata
Foliage: Purple Based
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1938
Award of Merit: 1940

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: San Francisco X seedling
Child plants: 31 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-17

Image from 1940 Schreiner's catalog
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-13
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-24

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