Re: CULT: foliage color, was Lynn's Bloom report
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- Subject: Re: CULT: foliage color, was Lynn's Bloom report
- From: z*@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:56:07 -0600 (MDT)
>> Not only does this cv have
>> purple-based foliage, the bud sockets are quite purple, even more so than
>> the base of the leaves.
>
>and
>
>> I love this effect. I think it is very interesting and beautiful. I've got a
>> couple that do it too and I was noticing today how attractive it can be,
>> especially on an iris whose foliage color is a dull blue grey--like one of my
>> unknowns!
>
>Has anyone tried to breed for foliage color? After the short bloom season, it
>would be nice to have a few plants with foliage color to break up the monotony.
>
>Stephen Hopkins
>zone and goegraphy still irrelevant
Dear Stephen: I have many seedlilngs with the purple-based foliage, and in
many different color lines. I had one last year that has purple stalks! It
as from the ROCK STAR x remontant lines. At your prompting, I shall try
to make three crosses for the colored foliage. Lloyd Zurbrigg in Durham NC
