By Louise1
Somerset, United Kingdom
Blanda 'blue' turned white !
I've had several Anemone Blanda 'blue' in the ground for two years now and one of the plants' flowers has turned white - has anyone else had this happen, is it a common occurance ?
On plant
Anemone blanda 'blue'.
- 27 Mar, 2010
Answers
Do you mean it will revert back to its blue colour, or will it stay white now ?
And, why haven't the other plants done this ?
27 Mar, 2010
Louise, if it is a seedling, it is a separate plant, and will stay white. It may be a "bud sport" from one of the other tubers, in which case, it stands about a 2% chance of reverting back to blue. Another possibility is adjacent buds fom the mother tuber producing offsets with parti-colored blue and white flowers, later! Of the three possibilities, that the white one is a seedling is the likeliest.
27 Mar, 2010
Thank you both, bit miffed though because i really like the blue ones !
This happens quite a lot then, yes ?
27 Mar, 2010
If pollinated with your neighbor's white anemone, about 50% of the seedlings will be white. If self pollinated, about 25%. Bud sports are about a one in ten thousand sort of thing--plant breeders love 'em!
27 Mar, 2010
There aren't any white Anemones in my garden and the neighbours here don't have flower gardens - theirs are grass only, so no white ones to pollinate them.
28 Mar, 2010
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It is probably a seedling from the original plant, they do come in pinks and whites as well as the blue.
27 Mar, 2010