TB: corkscrew foliage
- To: iris-talk@onelist.com
- Subject: TB: corkscrew foliage
- From: v* l*
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 19:35:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: vince lewonski <vincelewonski@yahoo.com>
> Dennis Kramb wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> >
V. sez:
CLOUD BALLET was a corksrew grower last year, but is not
this year. Didn't move it or do anything different. It also
has large, husky rhizomes that could be weighed by the
pound.
===
Vince Lewonski
vincelewonski@yahoo.com
Secane, PA Zone 6
"Here come Ol' Flattop!"
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