Different cultivars produce different foliage types, correct?
So to get a specific type of foliage, you would have to try breeding it into your hybridizing program?
What I have discovered.... and maybe this is not accurate, is that thin foliage is less prone to rust than wide foliage. I assume because rust needs an area in which to spread. Skinny leaves don't provide much area. But is that assumption wrong?
And I have also read that the dark blue-green foliage seems to be the most resistant to pests and possibly rust. Is this true?