Re: TB: Purple-based foliage
- Subject: Re: TB: Purple-based foliage
- From: n*@charter.net
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 19:51:23 -0000
--- In iris-talk@y..., Laurie <laurief@p...> wrote:
"the deer will stop eating every iris fan"
I remember reading that moth balls scattered around in the iris will
ward of deer. I know *I* wouldn't want to eat anything with that
odor around. If it smells as bad to them......you may never see
another deer again.
"...which of my irises display purple-based foliage...Honky Tonk
Blues..."
Seems this would be a good addition to the CL. It helps identify
several varieties. On HTB, I note both Vanda Song and Skywalker have
some rosy pigment in leaf bases, in both cases rising up the leaf
some distance. Both are from HTB. One that surprises me to have any
pigmentation is Happenstance....it has a faint pink toning to leaf
bases too.
Another characteristic is purple tinting to spathes on some
varieties. Chivalry has it, I believe, and among more recent ones, I
see definite coloring on the spathes in Great Gatsby.
Many 2n variegatas have PLB. I remember Honorabile to have rather
definite base color. So does Wabash, as noted recently in a post,
which helps distinguish it from Bright Hour, along with the slight
yellow influence in the base of the standards in Bright Hour.
Some recent catalogs mention pigmentation in the bloomstalk in some
varieties. That seems independent of both spathe and leaf-base
color, and could be of interest.
Your data base promises to have considerable value. I'll be glad to
contribute as time goes on.
Neil Mogensen, 6b/7a in western NC
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