Re: Suggestions for best purple based foliage TB's

Thomas,

I'm interested to see the replies on this one.
I saw an iris that had an almost entirely purple stalk. It was before I became as interested in it as I am now. I have wished so many times I could remember the cultivar or the location where I saw it.... I just remember...wow...that's really purple! 

-Ev.

Evan L Underwood
Murfreesboro, TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "thomas silvers" <tesilvers@yahoo.com> 
To: "iris-talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:54 PM
Subject: [iris] Suggestions for best purple based foliage TB's



I just got to thinking about PBF (purple based
foliage) irises again, and like at least a few other
hybridizers, I'd like to increase the expression of
that trait.
My diploid PBF lines are moving along, but I need
recommendations for tetraploid Tall Beardeds.
I've got HONKY TONK BLUES, which has a pretty good
amount of purple at the leaf bases. I've also got
TENNESSEE GENTLEMAN which although not very strongly
PBF pigmented, has purple pigmentation on the
flowerstalks and seedpods. I've read that ELSA SASS is
another good PBF iris.

So, what would be your most intense PBF Tall
Bearded???

Thanks in advance for any suggestions, Tom



____________________________________________________________________________________
Never miss a thing.  Make Yahoo your home page.
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE IRIS


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE IRIS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index