Re: Variegated Evansia
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- Subject: Re: Variegated Evansia
- From: C* M* <C*@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 02:28:24 -0600 (MDT)
On Sun, 25 May 1997, Donald Mosser wrote:
> 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.
This sounds a very interesting find, particularly to someone like me who
collects Evansia section Iris. I didn't realise that there was a
variegated form of I.cristata, the variegated I. tectorum is as rare as
hens teeth. This sounds like a one to be kept for posterity and
distribution. By the way, to get it to flower, grow it in an unheated
greenhouse overwinter, all the Evansia section even I.Wattii, needs near
or at 0oC for short periods to induce flowering. That way you should be
able to gauge it's true identity when it does flower.
Chris Morris,
Hexham Northumberland, UK.
Keeping up the UK side of iris-L while others are at Chelsea!
