Re: TB: Healthiest variegatas?

Hi Linda,

My favorite variegata is an oldie from Keith Keppel, AUTUMN LEAVES,
introduced in 1974. I got it from a fellow locally, but I see that Newburn's
had it in 2000.

Standards blended brown; falls washed red-purple (M&P 47-J-6) blending to
carbuncle (8-L-7) and syrup at edge; orange-yellow beard. Keppel 1974.

It is not real bright, but I like the brownish ones anyway, and this one is
a kind of butterscotch/reddish combo. It is very tall, very reliable, altho
the stalks fall over, and it sets beepods every year. I haven't planted any
seeds yet but they should be interesting. It is a huge flower and not very
tailored unlike some of the oldies. But of course 1974 isn't all that old.
Anyway, we are crazy about it, and it multiplied like crazy. I need to move
it or share it or both!

Cheers, Barb

Barb Johnson         b*@hotmail.com
Near Springfield, SW Missouri USA
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
To: "iris- talk" <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:28 AM
Subject: [iris] TB: Healthiest variegatas?


Which variegatas have you found to be the healthiest and most reliable?

From any era.

Especially interested in really showy red and yellow ones.

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