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Foxglove mutation
Hi,
we have a lot of foxgloves in our garden in northern Germany. This year we found one that looked a little different. It has a big beatutiful flower all the way on the top.
After some research we found out that this is called an aberrant peloric terminal flower caused by a double resessive gene.
We were pretty amazed by this little wonder of nature.
Is this a common thing? Because we had both never seen one before.
I heard that sometimes the next generation also has such a flower... we will see.
Happy gardening.
Phil
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We had some photos of similar flowers posted earlier this year ... It seems that Digitalis are quite prone to various mutations. A few years ago we had one with variegated leaves ... but this was not repeated in following generations.
Unfortunately this site has a glitch at the moment ant photos aren't uploading ... Hopefully the tech team will sort it tomorrow.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh, okay I might post some images later then.
Have a look at this thread Philip
http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/talkback/fascinated-by-fasciation/388011.html
You could add your photo here when the sites up and running again.
Okay... I will post the images there, thank you!