Re: I. tectorum variegatum
- Subject: Re: I. tectorum variegatum
- From: G* M*
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 06:07:35 -0600
- Importance: Normal
From: "Greg McCullough" <icity@email.msn.com>
After several years of receiving I. japonica I also finally found the
variegated I. tectorum. (I had been firmly assured that it did not exist by
a grower who should know.) I found one piece in the US and received one from
Japan. They are similar to I. pseudacorus in that they lose their
variegation in the summer on the mature leaves. However, I. tectorum
maintains slight variegation in the new growth, then turns all green. I may
have some to sell next year but probably won't list it in my 1999 catalog.
I like the I. japonica very much...it has a very nice variegation, but will
fade in the hot sun here. Unfortunately it has to live in the greenhouse
over winter, can't take zone 6 cold.
Someone asked if there was a variegated Louisiana and there is. Terry Aitken
discovered one in his LA bed and has been propagating it for introduction,
maybe in the next couple of years. There is also a variegated I. setosa, but
it apparently is not yet stable.
We also grow variegated I. ensata (including SILVERBAND), I. foetidissima,
I. laevigata (a beautiful plant), Acorus Calamus and Graminea, I. pallida
ZEBRA and Argentea and several of Brad Kasperek's intros, and a lot of other
variegated plants.
Greg McCullough
Iris City Gardens
icity@msn.com
Nashville, TN zone 6
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