Re: CULT: Zebra Nights
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Zebra Nights
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- Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 21:33:39 -0500
From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
Me again. Getting caught up on my robin bizness....
I'm growing Zebra Nights in two locations also, one in the "zoo" bed (all
Kasperek) as a private guest, the other in the official convention guest
bed. Both sites bloomed. Both are variegated, and fairly consistently.
The private clump has grown very well and produced a magnificent stalk which
just finished blooming a couple of days ago. The convention guest clump,
average. I agree that the variegated-foliage things tend to be rather weak
in the growth department -- another trait Mr. K is working to improve upon,
I know.
Speaking of variegated: It didn't bloom, but the foliage on Chuck Chapman's
Canadian Streaker (TB, '97) is out of this world. *Purple-based* foliage,
about 5 or 6 inches up the fan, mixed in with full creamy variegation. It
really is a beautiful sight.
Perry Dyer
Blanchard, OK
>From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
>
>Interesting, we have ZEBRA NIGHTS in two spots in the garden. One spot it
>is highly variegated, even the bloom stalk was striking. The other spot it
>is hardly variegated and did not bloom. Increase is somewhat poor in both
>spots but I believe most variegated foliage iris are weaker growers. I
just
>can't explain the difference in variegation, can anyone else? Same soil,
>both two year clumps and both in full sun.
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