Plants are wonderful and full of surprises. For instance, why do some plants have different coloured flowers? The pulmonaria blooms, as far as I can tell, are different colours no matter how old the bloom is. Makes for a very pretty display.
This Virginia bluebell has very pink buds that turn very blue on opening,
but right beside it is a plant that is all pinky purple. The two plants were the same colour as each other last year. I suppose, as it is with hydrangeas, slight differences in the soil could account for the different colours.
Forget-me-nots are traditionally blue but often grow sports that are white or pink. Seed from a white sport will probably give you a blue plant though. Quite intriguing.
The forget-me-not buds are often pink and the flowers turn blue as they open, but the white flowers come from white buds.
Oh, how simply lovely the flowers are! Thank you for sharing the pictures.
ReplyDeleteThe snow is finally gone here so hopefully we'll see some flowers here soon!