TB: corkscrew foliage
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- Subject: TB: corkscrew foliage
- From: D* K*
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 19:17:14 -0400
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
Last year I acquired several unknown historic TB's from my neighbor. I got
one start of each, and they were all quite small (probably because she
grows them in a shady area in her yard).
Anyhoo...only 2 of them bloomed this year. One of the ones that did NOT
bloom this year is turning into a monster. It has very tall, very wide
leaves. But the most peculiar thing about it is the corkscrew foliage it
has.
Almost every leaf makes a 180 degree twist from the base to tip. Some go
360 degrees (looks like a double twist). I've never seen an iris do this
before. I wonder if it's a genetic thing or if the iris is stressed out
somehow?
It could be a fun thing to hybridize for. I can see it now......a
variegated, space age, broken color, reblooming, corkscrew, TB iris! <grin!>
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, SIGNA, SLI, & Miami Valley Iris Society
primary interests: ABs, REBs, LAs, Native SPEC and SPEC-X hybrids
(my gardening URL: http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html)
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