Re: I. tectorum variegatum
- Subject: Re: I. tectorum variegatum
- From: s*
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 13:46:08 -0700
From: "sidneygardener" <sidneygardener@email.msn.com>
Hi Tom Dillard,
I would be very interested in procuring some seed of your I. tectorum
varietatum if you have some. I'm new at growing iris from seed, but my blue
tectorum seed did give me a seedling this year.
Sidney Gardener
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Dillard <tomd@fones.cals.lib.ar.us>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998 1:32 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: I. tectorum variegatum
>From: tomd@fones.cals.lib.ar.us (Tom Dillard)
>
>Hello Everyone:
>
>I grow I. tectorum variegata. It was given to me by a friend in Virginia.
>
>It IS I. tectorum, not I. japonica. And it does lose its variegation as
>summer wears on. Right now mine looks like a regular I. tectorum, but in
>the spring it will be nicely variegated.
>
>One reason we are seeing I. japonica varietatum being sold as I. tectorum
>is because Bluebird Nursery (one of the largest wholesale nurseries in the
>country) is distributing it under that incorrect name. Local nursery
>owners do not know the difference.
>
>But, Anner, I can assure you I. tectorum variegata DOES exist!
>
>Tom
>
>Tom W. Dillard, Curator
>Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
>Central Arkansas Library System
>100 Rock Street
>Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
>(501) 918-3054
>
>
>
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