Re: Variegated Evansia
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- Subject: Re: Variegated Evansia
- From: D* M* <d*@southconn.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 18:49:28 -0600 (MDT)
At 07:24 AM 5/27/97 -0600, you wrote:
>The variegated evansia is more likely to be I. japonica variegata, which is
>in the trade now in the US, but mistakenly offerred by some mail order
>nurseries as "I. tectorum variegatum." This species is marginally hardy
>here in Zone 7b. It froze out this winter but both the normal and
>variegated forms are coming back. In moist partial shade, it spreads very
>quickly by means of long runners...
>I. japonica foliage looks like I. cristata but is several times larger. It
>lacks the ribbing found on I. tectorum. The rhizomes are not fat and
>greenish as in I. tectorum, but more slender and often at the ends of
>runners.
>Bill Shear
Bill,
I think you got the identification right on this one. I compared your
description and it fits very closely with the plant that I have. I think
the "runners" are the giveaway on this one. The guy from whom I purchased
this plant did not know what kind of iris it was, but grew it in his
greenhouse which he heats during the winter, but keeps in the 60'sF. He
has never had it bloom under these conditions. He did say that the tips of
the leaves tend to "burn" or turn brown and appear to dry out.
He couldn't remember the original source of the plant.
I guess the Holy Grail of I. tectorum variegatum is still before us.:) Did
anyone ever successfully locate a definite commercial source for the
variegated tectorum?
-Donald
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
