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| My spirea seems to have a section that is now variegated. Are you familiar with this? Is there a name for the variegated type? Would this be a "sport"? The flowers are normally reddish orange. The thumbnails should be clickable
Thanks in advance!
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, May 25, 10 at 16:59
| i sent a link to frank.. aka starterdude... he will know what to do sport.. as its used in hostadom.. is not used the same way in other plants .... since i i am so biased toward hosta.. i cant wrap my head around the other way of thinking about it.. others will tell you ken |
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Tue, May 25, 10 at 17:13
| Might be a sport. If you have a decent botanical garden near you the curator may be interested in propagating it, but no guarantee it will be stable. Dan |
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| Thakns Ken - I will be interested to hear what he says. Also, as far as a decent botanical garden, Morris Arboretum is closest, but I am about 90 min from Longwood gardens. Should I email them the photos? Thnaks in advance! Alexa |
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Tue, May 25, 10 at 22:21
| Should I email them the photos? Why not? Can't hurt. Dan |
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- Posted by mutantplantlover 6 MI (My Page) on Wed, May 26, 10 at 15:27
| As I mentioned on the hosta forum, I suspect it's Spirea Anthony Waterer, which is known to throw variegated branches on a routine basis. Google got lots of pix. |
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| My flaming mound spirea does this. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, May 27, 10 at 8:56
| here is what frank said: Ken, Frank so gall milk jug.. sterilize 10 % bleach .... some sterilized media ... and a gal baggie.. insert damp media ... use a blade to cut the long into about 4 inch section ... rootone if you have some.. baggie on top.. in full shade.. but bright ... in 2 weeks.. gently pull on one. and see if media starts to pull also.. what he didnt mention is what type of wood .... probably not the lush spring growth .... or it will just rot ... or timing ... ken |
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