Barb, that's the dilemma about spending extra $ deciding to grow streakers... I think their instability is enough of a deterrent to those of us who would otherwise have a whole bunch of them.

I am waiting on my Confused Angel to quit being confused, lol! It wasn't as colourful/streaky last year as the year before...but it finally produced more eyes - man was it slowwwww to emerge. Have to go look at it.

I think your IAT still has plenty of time to develop more streaks this season. Siting is important though. I have to keep referring to books to refresh my memory...I tend to give mine more sun....maybe they need more shade? Some days I care, others I don't depending on my mood, lol.

Today, you have me curious about mine - out I go!

Perhaps I didn't realise what a commitment I was making with a streaker. When I picked it out at the nursery there were others with more streaking that were already tagged as sold. I don't have to have a big plant in a hurry so I am leaning towards just breaking off the blue/green leaves. But I don't want to harm the plant- just point him in the direction I want him to go. Lol. If wasn't for this forum I wouldn't even have a streaker. I tried to divide my sister's Rainbows End. What a job that was! I didn't realise she had planted it in a gravel pit. There was so much gravel the shovel wouldn' even go through the ground. I ended up with a few weak eyes. She was not happy and is still sulking - a little diva. But with all the work, she had better survive! So I guess the streakers are a temperamental lot! IAT may be in more sun than he would like but that was the space I had. He should just be grateful. Many are still waiting to leave a pot for their forever home ( a little too much buying last year). But alas, hasn't deterred me from adding to my collection this year! But I at least have gone for more minis!

Thanks for your input woodnative. I really don't want to dig it up as I already have a lovely Big Daddy, so why set the plant back for nothing. And that blue eye is the biggest and strongest so I'm not sure how well the dividing would go.

Just cut it off where it is attached to this crown. No digging or disturbing roots. Sometimes you can just twist those off.

-Babka

I've had my IAT for about 5 years and never had a problem with it until last year, when part of a division came up solid green. Didn't take care of it until this year. Finally dug it up and had to cut the division in half, so I put the streaked half back but as you can see, it looks like I'll be digging up that same half next year. Should've taken it off last year before it influenced the rest of the division.

if you dont remove it.. within another year or two ... all you will have is the blue ...

you should be able to tell ... just by looking at it.. which is the more aggressive part ... and its never the multi colored part .. streaked or not ...

ken

I received an 'Ice Age Trail' division from a lady in Quebec back in '07, along with a few others as part of a secret trade. Some of the ones I received were infested with foliar nematodes and I set about to try and save as many of these as I could and get rid of them thar worms. While not all of them survived the treatment, 'Ice Age Trail' is one that did, but it's been a rather slow grower for me over the years.

Having said all that, when it came back up this year I saw one shoot that was decidedly variegated and most of the others were streaked. So, I decided it was time to take matters in hand and start dividing. What I ended up with is shown below:

I now have a total of four 2 gallon pots with fat divisions, one shoot each, and I'm really looking forward to see what next year ends up bringing...

Pieter