Canadian Chelsea
Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:52 pm Post subject: ??? Mutant Echinacea ??? |
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I wonder what happened to my purple Echinacea this year. For years, the colour was pinky/purple. This year it is mostly green and if you look closely, there seems to be a lot of little stars amongst the mutated petals.
*scratching my head* I cannot understand why it mutated. ???? Would anyone care to make a guess?
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toni
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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It could be a mutation, but an absolutely gorgeous one.
It looks nothing like the Echinacea 'Green Envy' that one isn't nearly as overall green as yours is.
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eileen
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't a clue why your plant has changed colour Chelsea but boy is it gorgeous!!  The little 'stars' look almost as though new flower heads are forming. None of the 'mutations' that have occurred in my garden have been as lovely as yours.
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Canadian Chelsea
Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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I am so pleased you both like it! 
Maybe I should save the seeds and send you some.
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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I like it too!
I had a strange green one pop up once, but it was only green for one year. It wasn't nearly as nice as yours. I notice that one of my white Echi's is purple this year...not sure what happened there either???
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Christer Johansson
Västerås, Sweden
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:03 am Post subject: |
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Some mutants are so beautiful 
Some plants react if the nutrient differ in the soil and they get more or less of what they are use to. Some minerals needs for the plant to develope the colors, for example 
Just a guess 
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stratsmom
Southern Oregon
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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I love it! It will be interesting to see what happens next year 
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daisybeans
annapolis md
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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I love the look of the green echinachea... very interesting change that happened....
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Penny
Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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I LOVE that, its so pretty~~~!
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Jewell
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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What a lovely bright color. Wonder if it will be the same next year???
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Canadian Chelsea
Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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I am curious to see if the Echinacia stays mutant too.
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glendann
Texas
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:42 am Post subject: |
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Chelsea I'm not sure what happened but I do love the color.I do hope you still have some next year.
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travelingbooklover
Kuwait
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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I love the green! Probably because I am always grateful for any green here. I had the opposite experience from Netty. My purples from last year had some white in it. Pretty interesting. I assumed it was a mineral change in my soil.
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countrylivingcitystyle
Alberta
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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I would guess they are like Hydrangeas, the acidity of the soil is reflected in the color of the flowers. Acidic = bluey-purple, alkaline = pink/red.
That's my totally uneducated guess, but it should be a reason close to that.
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EJ
Essex
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm another one who loves it - I would rather that than the pink version. I guess as countrylivingcitystyle says, it could be the acidity, or it could be a virus, like those that affects tulips, or root/crown damage, but whatever, I think it looks great.
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