🧑‍🤝‍🧑 / 🏡 A phone photo thread...

[TerryP]

And my neighbors wonder why I stand and stare ... incredible colors here.

 

[Krimson]

And my neighbors wonder why I stand and stare ... incredible colors here.


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You think it's grafted to get the different colors?

 

[TerryP]

You think it's grafted to get the different colors?

I've thought about that. I don't know.

I got it from someone who was moving and they asked if I wanted the plant. There it bloomed a salmon color. I never saw the other colors. I'm wondering if it's cross-pollination. I have one that's a light yellow...a true yellow...and red surrounding this one.

 

[Krimson]

I've thought about that. I don't know.

I got it from someone who was moving and they asked if I wanted the plant. There it bloomed a salmon color. I never saw the other colors. I'm wondering if it's cross-pollination. I have one that's a light yellow...a true yellow...and red surrounding this one.

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Cross pollination should only apply to the next generation, like the seeds. At least that's the way it works for vegetables, I'm assuming flowers would be the same but those are perennial so maybe it's the result of a cross or hybrid and has both characteristics.

 

[TerryP]

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Cross pollination should only apply to the next generation, like the seeds. At least that's the way it works for vegetables, I'm assuming flowers would be the same but those are perennial so maybe it's the result of a cross or hybrid and has both characteristics.

I don't know.

I saw her put the bush in and watched it for two or three years before she moved. It was blooming, but sparse. Less than a dozen per year. It's been in that spot for ... four, maybe five years. Same thing here; sparse blooms, always salmon.

BUT. I cut back the Crepe Myrtles surrounding that bed.

I don't have any history on the plant other than what I've said here.

It's turning into a really cool bed this spring...I'll walk out and take a wider shot.

 

[TerryP]

Could also be my horoscope