Re: I. pallida variegated - a or a?
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- Subject: Re: I. pallida variegated - a or a?
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 09:30:50 -0700 (MST)
Donald from Texas wrote re I.pallida (variegated):
>I have these also and her description is accurate. They didn't bloom the
>first year, but did the 2nd year. I grow them in a perennial bed and they
>do very well, so they can take the heat and the additional water I give the
>perennials. Nothing like Florida rainfall tho. Mine are almost a pale
>blue.
Just a note re I. pallida (variegated). The two types: Aurea and
Argentea are suited for different climes. I grow aurea here in the
tundra and the flowers are more of a med.,slate blue and couldn't
be considered 'pale' blue by anybody's eye.
I have never seen argentea since it is not as hardy and has an
infusion of a more tender species in its background. This or Jeff's
suggestion of I. japonica seems more likely than the aurea strain
known in commerce as 'Zebra' and pictured in Cooley's catalog, BTW.
Cheers,
Ellen (cleaning up after ANOTHER moose played havoc in my garden
yesterday while we were away :-((
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Ellen Gallagher / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / Zone 3
Siberian iris robin / sibrob@ncia.net
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