Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Jacob Sass
Year Of Registration: 1930
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1930
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Flower Patterns: Self
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1931

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: Trostringer X Aphrodite
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Common names
  • Tall Bearded Iris
  • Iris

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Location: Bed G
Date: 2022-05-16
First iris this year
Location: lot line bed
Date: 20240509
1 week earlier than usual
Location: lot line bed
Date: 20240509
1 week earlier than usual
Location: bed g
Date: 2021-05-04
shade with flash.  usually blooms first, this year second.
Location: lot line bed
Date: 20240509
1 week earlier than usual
Location: Bed G
Date: 2022-05-16
First iris this year
Location: bed g
Date: 2021-05-04
shade with flash.  usually blooms first, this year second.
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-18
very tall
Location: Sass Memorial Iris Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: south line
Date: 20230517
dappled
Location: north bed
Date: 20230517
dappled
Location: Back yard
Date: 2017-05-18
very tall
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2010-05-17
Location: Back yard
Date: 2016-04-20
Location: north bed
Date: 20230517
dappled
Location: property line
Date: 2018-05-10
oregon
Location: property line
Date: 2018-05-10
oregon
Uploaded by DaveinPA
Location: Back yard
Date: 2016-04-20
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-24

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