Re: HYB: Purple bud & spathe

In a message dated 8/19/01 3:01:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
neilm@charter.net writes:

<< Chuck Chapman's comment about bud and spathe coloring being quite 
 differently related agrees with my own experience.  In the late 
 sixties a group of seedlings from AUGUST ASTER showed one with red 
 bloomstalk, a couple with some stalk coloration, and a number of the 
 cross with colored edges of the spathes, a characteristic present in 
 the grandparent CHIVALRY.  None of the seedlings had pbf. >>

This comment reminds me to ask if anyone else has noted the intense purple 
spathes and buds on Tompkins BUTTERCUP BOWER (1961) ?  This iris, new to my 
garden, was striking just before bloom, showing creamy yellow buds and 
intense purple spathes.  Interestingly enough, I did NOT notice any purple 
coloration on the plant earlier in the season, or after bloom.

Thanks,
Dorothy Stiefel
Zone 5
Dryden, NY

 

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