Petunias
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SpookyShoe
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Petunias
I've had this hanging basket of yellow petunias for about a month now, and today I discovered a red bloom. I wonder what is going on genetically here?
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Donna, zone 9, El Lago, Texas
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Re: Petunias
Are they scented?
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Re: Petunias
Did you know petunias are in the same family as tomatoes, peppers, tomatillos, ground cherries, wonderberries, eggplant, goji berries, and potatoes? 
That's cool about the red flower. I'm not sure the reason, unless it's a different plant.
Nice flowers.
That's cool about the red flower. I'm not sure the reason, unless it's a different plant.
Nice flowers.
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Climate: BSk
USDA hardiness zone: 6
Elevation: 2,260 feet
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ddsack
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Re: Petunias
Did you follow it back to the base of the plant? Is it from one branch, and the rest of the branches from the same stem are yellow? Or could it be a separate late runt that just now got big enough to set blossoms? It's hard to tell exactly how many plants are in the pot.
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Re: Petunias
It looks like a motivational poster.
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SpookyShoe
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Re: Petunias
Nothing to see here. The red flower turned out to be from a separate single stemmed plant that must have come from a rogue seed somewhere.ddsack wrote: ↑Thu Dec 02, 2021 11:05 pm Did you follow it back to the base of the plant? Is it from one branch, and the rest of the branches from the same stem are yellow? Or could it be a separate late runt that just now got big enough to set blossoms? It's hard to tell exactly how many plants are in the pot.
Donna, zone 9, El Lago, Texas
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SpookyShoe
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Re: Petunias
A bee checked out this pot of purple petunias, but ultimately decided he could do better elsewhere.
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SpookyShoe
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Re: Petunias
And a hanging basket of pale yellow... all of my petunias come from nursery starts. I know that many folks on Tomato Junction like to start from seed.
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Madison WESconsin/Growing Zone 5-A/Raised beds above the Midvale Heights spade-caking clay in the 77 Square Miles surrounded by A Sea Of Reality
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SpookyShoe
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What is this?
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ddsack
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Looks like you got a weird one from those yellows after all! A chimera, how fun!