http://awaytogarden.com/warning-reversions-in-progress Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://awaytogarden.com/warning-reversions-in-progress/comment-page-1#comment-1646 margaret Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:12:49 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=450#comment-1646 Welcome, Lisa. With your Myosotis, or forget-me-nots, I don't know if that's a reversion technically or just the natural range of variability in the plant. Many times Myosotis will change a bit as the flowers age/fade, and there are also distinct color possibilities available, which breeder select for (all-pink strains, for instance). I am not a botanist, but in seed-strains there is often this range expressed in many plants; in the case of the lilac, a single individual (the one shrub) is displaying multiple personalities! A branch is reverting, but the rest of the plant is still the typical look. Welcome, Lisa. With your Myosotis, or forget-me-nots, I don’t know if that’s a reversion technically or just the natural range of variability in the plant. Many times Myosotis will change a bit as the flowers age/fade, and there are also distinct color possibilities available, which breeder select for (all-pink strains, for instance).
I am not a botanist, but in seed-strains there is often this range expressed in many plants; in the case of the lilac, a single individual (the one shrub) is displaying multiple personalities! A branch is reverting, but the rest of the plant is still the typical look.

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/warning-reversions-in-progress/comment-page-1#comment-1635 Lisa Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:26:49 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=450#comment-1635 I planted green and white hosta years ago and now have several patches of all green hosta, gave my neighbor the same and hers is mostly all green now...also had green and white snow on the mountain(I think that is what it is called), and now it is all green planted blue forget-me-nots and had them turn pink in some places and white in others(but all were blue when planted)...I thought it had something to do with the soil ph like with hydrangea and their different colors...so you say it is called a reversion...hmmm...I love your lilac, and I enjoyed watching the forget-me-nots as their colors changed... I planted green and white hosta years ago and now have several patches of all green hosta, gave my neighbor the same and hers is mostly all green now…also had green and white snow on the mountain(I think that is what it is called), and now it is all green planted blue forget-me-nots and had them turn pink in some places and white in others(but all were blue when planted)…I thought it had something to do with the soil ph like with hydrangea and their different colors…so you say it is called a reversion…hmmm…I love your lilac, and I enjoyed watching the forget-me-nots as their colors changed…

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/warning-reversions-in-progress/comment-page-1#comment-1422 margaret Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:11:13 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=450#comment-1422 Welcome, Arthur. No, am NYC born and bred, and lived most of my life there most days of the week. But not now... Welcome, Arthur. No, am NYC born and bred, and lived most of my life there most days of the week. But not now…

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