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Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008Question about balloon flower
Two years ago a friend gave me some balloon flower cuttings to plant. After planting they developed nicely and produced nice blue flowers. This year the flowers are white. Why the change in color? How do I keep them blue?  SignatureNathan Gutman > Two years ago a friend gave me some balloon flower cuttings to plant. > After planting they developed nicely and produced nice blue flowers. > This year the flowers are white. > Why the change in color? > How do I keep them blue? I've never read why they do it but balloon flowers can indeed from one summer to the next turn spontaneously from blue to white, or to white striped, sometimes even to doubles. If you get a good oddity you can take cuttings and get lots of them. -paghat the ratgirl Signaturevisit my temperate gardening website: http://www.paghat.com visit my film reviews website: http://www.weirdwildrealm.com >> Two years ago a friend gave me some balloon flower cuttings to plant. >> After planting they developed nicely and produced nice blue flowers. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > -paghat the ratgir Would this maybe have any connection with the soil being alkaline or acidic? Nathan SignatureNathan Gutman > Two years ago a friend gave me some balloon flower cuttings to plant. > After planting they developed nicely and produced nice blue flowers. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > -- > Nathan Gutman i understand that balloon flower have two different colors: deep blue and white. so isn't that you had both when you got the cuttings? There seems to be a slight difference in size between these two. ive never heard of the story which says that they change colors like hydrangea. Ono |
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