Variegated Evansia
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- Subject: Variegated Evansia
- From: D* M* <d*@southconn.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 19:24:15 -0600 (MDT)
Today, while at a perennial gardener/seller's, I stumbled onto a nice
little one gallon pot of a variegated iris which I suspect is either a
variegated foliage cristata or tectorum. The more I think about it, the
size and texture of the leaf matched I. cristata rather than tectorum, but
it was growing in a greenhouse so it was hard to tell if the growth was
typical.
Overjoyed with my find, I immediately offered to purchase a small piece
from the pot. I was then told that I could have the whole pot for the
bargain basement price of $1.00. The proprietor then pointed to hanging
baskets of the stuff overhead in the greenhouse and said it grew like
crazy, but never had bloomed for him.
I also purchased a gallon pot of I. fulva, some fulva seedlings, a
buddleia, and a he threw in a gallon of Bletillas (terrestrial orchids) all
for a grand total of $4.00!! This is my kind of perennial nursery. He
probably won't be in business very long at these prices.:)
-Donald (happy with new plants! Now where to plant them?)
Donald Mosser
Member of AIS, HIPS, SIGNA, SSI, SLI, SPCNI, and IRIS-L
dmosser@southconn.com
http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/5570
North Augusta, South Carolina, USA
On the South Carolina and Georgia Border
USDA Zone 7b-8
