Re: Beardless i.d. by foliage
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Beardless i.d. by foliage
- From: t*@lanl.gov (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 13:06:33 -0600
:Chris comments:
:Good question Donald, the answer is: yes, you can tell the difference
:between Siberian irises and Japanese irises just by the foliage. At
:first glance the foliage of these two is remarkable similar but upon
:closer examination of the leaves of the Japanese irises there is indeed
:a ridge running down the centre of each leaf. It is quite pronounced
:when you are looking for it and run your fingers down the length of a
:leaf.
:We'll need some one else to comment on the Louisiana iris aspect of
:this. I'm not familar with them and don't grow them.
In my experience, the foliage of Louisianas is almost always wider and
a lighter shade of green than either Siberians or Japanese.
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