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Chrysanthemum Conundrum

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  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    My pink ones are whole shoots affected, right down to the ground, so when I dig them out I might try potting some up to see whether those parts of the plant produce pink flowers (or yellow, or both, or half and half) next year. By way of an experiment, no real expectations either way. I think when it's had half-and-half flowers they've just been random ones occurring on shoots with yellow flowers.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    I had that with a dahlia. Don’t grow chrysanthemum……don’t like them 
  • My chrysanthemum are blooming again, and the plants seem to have returned to normal. No flowers with part yellow.

  • Well, blow me, look what's happening to a single flower this year - much the same as last year.
  • Plus there's another anomaly.

  • I think this is what is known as a colour break. I remember the introduction of a new black/yellow Petunia. It varied alot from flower to flower. I think this is known as being unstable. A few years later I recall seeing the same Petunia but much improved.It had more defined black/yellow markings.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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