Saturday, May 18, 2019

Zinnias not true to seed -- unexpected colours etc.

How interesting -- the zinnia seeds I sowed from seeds saved last year are not at all as expected.  I had carefully saved the seeds form each colour/size into their own little bags.  But the results are all over.  Colours are different (e.g. my "favourite" orangish are pink); even size is off, with some of the short-plant seeds coming up as tall as all the others.  (but other shorts were short)

And there's the matter of the mystery plants that came up in a few of the pots I had labelled as zinnias.

The wonders of hybrids!

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