Re: TB: Variegated Foliage & PBF(was CULT: fans' fan)

From: Paul & Yvonne Tyerman <tyerman@dynamite.com.au>

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>Purple-based foliage (pbf) is a characteristic that some TBs have inherited
>from the species Iris variegata, which is one of their diploid ancestors
>(or perhaps from I. aphylla, too?). The amount of purple pigment varies
>from a slight blush to a heavy infusion that carries well upward from the
>base of the leaves. TENNESSEE GENTLEMAN is an example of the former and
>ELSA SASS of the latter, as I have observed them growing in my garden.
>Widely grown cultivars with pbf include CAPRICIOUS, TEMPTING, and PROUD
>TRADITION, as well as the Dykes' Medal winners, TITAN'S GLORY and HONKY
>TONK BLUES.
>

Boyfriend is a rather nice burnt orange with purple base to foliage.

>Brad Kasperek has combined white leaf variegation with purple based foliage
>in his 1995 introduction, ZEBRA BLUSH, to produce a tricolor effect (the
>flower on this cultivar is a bicolor with light yellow standards and light
>rose falls with lavender beards - quite a combination of color in one
>package withal). 

Anyone know if this has goten to Australia yet?  Sound lovely.

Also, do the two different variegateds have the same colour flower? (i.e
variegata and Argentea)

Thanks in advance.					Paul T.

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>Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
>cwalters@digitalpla.net
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