Just been down the allotment and cut a beautiful dahlia.i was really surprised to turn it round and find a head facing both ways.has any body come across this ,I was wondering what causes it .would make a super flower if it could be reproduced.
Can't remember the term for that, but it happens with tomatoes as well, usually an early bloom. Maybe a temperature switch?
Sunflowers do it too. I think it is called Fasciation.
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