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Fri, May 3, 13 at 19:00
| These two showed up this spring in different areas than the parent plants were planted. The petunias are a surprise, I wasn't aware that the one I'd planted had gone to seed. I have several seedlings in different areas now that are blooming. The Dahlberg Daisy isn't such a surprise, it volunteers freely, and I love that tiny thing. That's a cactus that they're growing around. A large growing cereus of some sort that's only about 6 or 8" tall so far, will eventually be 8 or 9' tall. |
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| What a gorgeous color! Volunteers are such fun. I had a lettuce emerge in my gravel path one year, and I just let it grow. Seeing a head of lettuce sitting on the path provided no end of amusement. Is that color similar to what you originally grew, or is it something new? |
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| Lelia, yes, both colors are same as parents. The Dahlberg Daisy is a native, only comes in yellow, and the original petunia was the same color. You're lucky, having lettuce volunteer. I can imagine what that looked like. I've had that happen once in about 20 years of growing it! |
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| Glad I read your post first. I was just going to post the same thing. But in my case I had 3-4 petunias in an area last year. I took a small paint brush and pollenated them by simply swirling the bush inside the flower. The brush became full of pollen so I transferred some, for sure. I was lucky I got about 5 seed heads which I harvested. I say lucky because some of these were supposed to be sterile. Anyway I misplaced the seeds. BUT this spring my bed was full of petunia volunteers. I have every color possible and some very beautiful blends. Even a polka dot petunia. I am busy swirling the brush again this year. But I will not harvest the seeds. It is better if they drop to the ground on their own. I did find the seed pods ultimately and planted the resulting seedlings around the yard. Great colors. Bob |
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