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genlistlass

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Buddleias with two coloured spikes on same bush
« on: August 26, 2010, 04:18:29 »
I have several buddleias in my garden, some mauve some white but the other day I saw one with both colours on the same bush.

Would this be a graft? If so, can I make one?


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Re: Buddleias with two coloured spikes on same bush
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2010, 18:09:27 »
Not if you prune them practically down to the ground like we do every year.
Is the whole branch one color?

Some plants get different colors due to a virus- azalea springs to mind.
Some flowers turn a different shade as the flower ages.
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Re: Buddleias with two coloured spikes on same bush
« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2010, 16:16:19 »
What are the two colours? White and mauve for example, or two shades of say mauve?
Is it possible you have two closely inter-twined bushes?
OR are the two colours on one branch of the bush?
Has this occured recently and not before?
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Re: Buddleias with two coloured spikes on same bush
« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2010, 17:34:33 »
Are you sure they are attached?   Perhaps it is a sport

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_(botany)
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Re: Buddleias with two coloured spikes on same bush
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2010, 08:00:59 »
I've just found the replies to my post - notification wasn't working!

Maybe the roots are mixed but as its in a private garden peeking over the fence,  I can hardly rootle around in the roots  ;D
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