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Author Topic: Mums changed colour Lakedancer Gardener Member # 1655 posted                    Hi I planted mums 4 yrs. ago the colour was reddish they come up the next 2 yrs. the same colour .....the next yr. they never come up at all and this year they come up but was white with yellow centers anyone know why they changed colours and will they come up next year the original colour .....thanks for any help. bbbbbbbbb Lakedancer Posts: 6 | From: Ottawa | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Logged: 64.230.154.179 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Hi Lakedancer, #1. Some plants revert back to their original plants if they were hyberdized. #2. Stressed some times. #3. If you had other mums or like plants, they get cross pollenated from the bees. That would be my guess! Weezie bbbbbbbbb Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Posts: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Logged: 24.54.84.61 Lakedancer Gardener Member # 1655 posted                    hmmmm lots of reason why I guess thank-you so much for your reply .. bbbbbbbbb Lakedancer Posts: 6 | From: Ottawa | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Logged: 64.230.154.179 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Lakedancer, Stick around, someone else may have an answer for you, like Bill, Papito, Nikkal, any one of our gardeners may know, I'm just taking' a guess!! Weezie What kind of plants do you grow?? Just curious!! bbbbbbbbb Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Posts: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Logged: 24.54.84.61 Lakedancer Gardener Member # 1655 posted                    Hi I plant impatience, petunias ,geraniums ,sunflower dwarf & regular for my perenials I have tulips ,daffadils Lupins, phlox, Mums, Sedums , Hostas ,Pheones ,sandcherry bushes ,lilac trees ,snowball bush which I gonna try and turn into a tree ...lol I have freinds up there that have a master garden at their home just beautiful they are always giving me some new plants to have .... so some of them I don't know the name ...oh yes this year I want to get a BJ tree they are beautiful.... bbbbbbbbb Lakedancer Posts: 6 | From: Ottawa | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Logged: 64.230.152.50 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Okay lakedancer, What's a BJ tree??? And with all those other flowers and plants you'll fit in here nicely! You grow alot!!!! What is your zone where you live, do you know.? Weezie bbbbbbbbb Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Posts: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Logged: 24.54.84.61 Lakedancer Gardener Member # 1655 posted                    Hi well it has flowers on it that look very similar to a Hydrangea plant , but they grow in a pear shape very very pretty .... they grow to about 4-5 feet .... bbbbbbbbb Lakedancer Posts: 6 | From: Ottawa | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Logged: 64.230.152.50 Nikkal Dream Gardener Member # 1151 posted                       Lakedancer - First of all, welcome to the board! I can't tell you exactly why your mums changed color (although I think Weezie's on the right track, esp. with the cross-pollination), but I know it happens, 'cause the same thing happened to me. Two years ago, I planted mums in 2 small beds on each side of the end of my driveway, in a pyramid shape, alternating white and burgundy. When they bloomed this past spring (in my zone they bloom at least twice a year) they were exactly like I planted them, altenating white and burgundy. When they came back into bloom this fall, they were all burgundy! At first I thought I'd just lost the white ones, but they were planted in a pattern that had them spaced exactly equal distances apart, with 10 in each bed, and they're still equally spaced, still 10 plants in each bed. If I had to guess, I'd say they were cross-pollinated by the bees, and burgundy (or in your case, white) must be the dominant color. Nikkal bbbbbbbbb The Earth does not belong to us - We belong to the Earth ~Oriah Mountain Dreamer~ Posts: 307 | From: Memphis, TN z8 | Registered: Jun 2003  |  Logged: 66.61.121.241 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       Lakedancer and Nikkal, I had that happen with cone flowers, I had bought purple and white, planted them in the same bed, but not even really next to each other, about 5 ft apart... had both colors two years, the third it the white patch came out pink.. I figured the dominance thing, one is a stronger gene or when hyberdized, the stonger mamma plant comes back through???? Bugged me when that happened, but I learned a lesson, don't let the bees into your garden! No just kidding, I love the bees, but the lesson was, don't plant the same variety so close together next time!! Plant one in front, one in back!!! I have to do that with my columbines... I knew they did that, because I read about it. Weezie bbbbbbbbb Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Posts: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Logged: 24.54.84.61

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