Re: Re: HYB: Breeding for Variegated Foliage
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: HYB: Breeding for Variegated Foliage
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 21:34:31 -0600
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> From: irischapman@netscape.net
> >> The same as Iris palladia Argenta as far as I know allthough I do
> get light cream tones on the foliage and as mentioned some plants
> recently with gold streaks as well as white.
Chuck,
Right now the variegation on pallida VARIEGATA (the one commonly called
"Zebra") is nearly pure white here, though it has a distinctly yellow cast
in the spring. The variegation on pallida ARGENTEA is always a clean chalky
white with never any hint of yellow in it, though the leaves do have a
transient pbf in the spring (there is never any hint of pbf in VARIEGATA).
VARIEGATA has TB stalks and flowers; ARGENTEA has the characteristics of an
MTB.
Of course, the flower color of a cultivar can vary from one location to
another; the same might be true with leaf variegation.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
