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Have you ever seen a Brown Eyed Susan do this??




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Pinkiered

Lawton, Ok
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:21 am   Post subject: Have you ever seen a Brown Eyed Susan do this??


This opened today but I didnt notice the leaves on it until this evening!They are standing up like petals and the petals are hard like the leaves and have a greenish tint to the outside of them. Very different.



I cut a few (only four)of them to bring inside to enjoy since they have busted loose out there in my wild flower bed.








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Primsong

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:37 am   Post subject:


Bizarre! You seem to have a mutation, eh?

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Pianolady

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:42 am   Post subject:


Yes, and blanket flowers & coneflowers will sometimes do this also. It's kind of fun, you never know what you'll get.

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Hank

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:51 am   Post subject:


I musta had some "ditch variety" of Rudbeckia, cuz mine never ever looked that nice. And they froze or drowned out. I gotta go make room for these...

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Pinkiered

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:15 am   Post subject:


Hank, when the heads dry out, Ill cut you one and send it to you if you want. Ill can send you one head of each that way you have lots of these seeds.

They have exploded out there so I have plenty heads.


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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:42 am   Post subject:


Oh I like that. Mutations are fun and always a lovely surprise. Very Happy


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Hank

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:23 pm   Post subject:


Pinkiered wrote:
Hank, when the heads dry out, Ill cut you one and send it to you if you want. Ill can send you one head of each that way you have lots of these seeds.

They have exploded out there so I have plenty heads.
That would be great! Much appreciated. I'll pm you my address.

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Pinkiered

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:16 pm   Post subject:


No problem


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Pianolady

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:14 pm   Post subject:


You can plant some blanket flowers next to them, and you'll get susans that are mostly red after a few years. Not all do it, just some.



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Hank

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:40 pm   Post subject:


My gaillardia drowned out, too. Sad

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Gizmo
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:46 pm   Post subject:


Very pretty! I like that they are all different but from the same patch. G!zMo


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Pinkiered

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:58 pm   Post subject:


I have some of those blanket seeds! Ill do that next spring.


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glendann

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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:28 pm   Post subject:


Yes ,Pinkiered Brown Eyed Susan's are great to watch as you are likely to see all kinds of things going on with them.They are fun plants and they are growing everywhere around here .


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thesecretgarden

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:23 am   Post subject:


That is really different. It reminds me of something in the Amazon, not that I've ever been... Laughing


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Teddy_Edwards

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Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:46 pm   Post subject:


eileen wrote:
Oh I like that. Mutations are fun and always a lovely surprise. Very Happy


I planted Bellis Daisy's earlier this summer. One pink and one a deep red, planted close together. In only a matter of months I have uniform coloured flowers - pink with red edges!

Bizarre! I knew that plants often mutated, but I've never seen it happen this quick!!

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