Re: CULT:Pale leaves-Andrew W.

From: Daryl/Kathy Haggstrom <hagg@alaska.net>

> From: Shanna DeSotle <foxbrook@javanet.com>
> Pale leaves you say?  More Yellow that green is what I think you mean, but
> can you further describe their appearance?  I am always intrigued by
> non-fatal foliage abnormality.  It would have been interesting to at least
> germinate the seed, even if you don't plant them in the ground.  If you grew
> them in a pot until they were four inches tall, that would let you know
> whether the trait is actually heritable, or if it is environmental.  (some
> plants look awful and come to find out, they were just planted on a rock, in
> my experience, since my garden contains 1.5 billion rocks about 3/4 of an
> inch below the soil surface)
Hi Andrew -
Well, I have to say your e-mail has sent me into a funk. Perhaps instead
of acting so hastily, I should have grown the pale leaved plant's seed -
just to confirm the horticulturalist's opinion. When I said pale, yes, I
meant more yellow than green, a pale yellow, and the plant is not
vigorous. It really looks like a problem plant, which is why I didn't
hedge my bets and grow the seed. But on reading your comment, it would
have been best to grow some just to make sure. Arghh, I'm going to be
bugged about this until next year. The 4 seedpods on it were half mature
with white (uncured) seed. I will try to salvage them and see if I can
retain the seed. 
I understand what you mean by environmental, and I just didn't see any
of those factors at play... we don't have a rock around for 25 miles
(sand substrata - the mature Susitna River floodplain with many swamps),
but there could be a log under there, (or old moose bones, who knows).
Okay, you talked me into it - I won't get rid of the plant this fall :-)

> By the way most of the Setosas that you sent look good, though I did
> lose Susitna Frilly and one other.  How are the ones I sent doing?
Yeah, I know I shouldn't have sent you a couple of those - they suffered
such freeze damage to the roots last winter. It was pretty obvious when
I washed the dirt off the roots. You received one of only 3 cranberries
I was able to send. The rest are struggling pretty badly to recover, and
I have been giving them a lot of extra attention and water. I hesitated
to send them to you, but I knew you'd rather have them than not, and
take your chances :-) I'll be able to send you a spare S.F. this fall. 

I also saw an article and picture of you in "Country" or "Country
Living" magazine. Very nice - I liked your iris in the background. Were
those Japanese iris? I did notice you too on second glance (hah).

Kathy Haggstrom
Anchorage, Alaska (Zone 3)
hagg@alaska.net
> 
> >  I. setosa which produced very pale leaves this year.
> 
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