Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jacob Sass
Year Of Registration: 1934
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1937
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Mid Late
Late
Bloom Color Classification: Wine
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1936
Award of Merit: 1939
Dykes Memorial Medal: 1941

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: (Redwing x Cardinal) X Joycette
Child plants: 47 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
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Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2015-05-04
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2015-05-08
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-04

Date: c. 1940
illustration from the 1940 catalog, Cooley's Gardens, Silverton,
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

Photo courtesy of Bluebird Haven Iris Garden
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2011-05-12

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23

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