Re: HYB: best PBF
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: best PBF
- From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" j*@bridgernet.com
- Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 07:49:17 -0600
> From: laurief <laurief@paulbunyan.net>
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> I'm afraid I wouldn't know a dip from a tet if they bit me, but I can
> tell you that the rz of ELSA SASS (Sass, 1938) I received from
> Superstition this summer had the most amazing dark red/purple PBF that
> extended farther up the fan than on any other iris I've seen. It was
> startlingly gorgeous! I believe ES was also the first yellow glaciata
> ever registered. I can't wait to see it bloom with that yellow playing
> against such dark red foliage (though I have no idea how far up the fan
> the color will extend on untrimmed leaves).
Laurie,
When iris fans of varieties with pbf are trimmed for shipping they present
a somewhat misleading impression of the visual impact if the clump growing
in the garden, because you see all of the purple, but most of the green is
missing. ELSA SASS has the most extensive pbf of any cultivar I grow, but
the whole leaves are still mostly green.
I received a new introduction from Keith Keppel this year, SECRET SERVICE,
that has nearly as much pbf on the leaves as ES.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
>
> Ah, the anticipation ...
>
> Laurie
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> USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
> clay soil
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