On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:22:26 -0500, "Manelli Family"
wrote:


"Doug" wrote in message
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Hi,
I've started a bunch of Park's "Broken Color" variety and have
noticed that the foliage is different on some of them. Some are all
green and some have pinkish undersides to the leaves. Can I draw any
conclusions about the colors of the flowers based on these
differences?

Last year I only had one plant (from a solid variety). The foliage
was plain green and the flowers were pale yellow. This year I'm
interested in the multicolored flowers of the Broken Colors variety
but I've read here that many of the seeds produce solid colored
flowers.

These plants are like weeds once they get a foothold. We've been ripping
them out of one flowerbed for years now. Each generation gets taller and
weedier and uglier.

Down here they not only reseed, but also set bulbs and I love and
still grow them. I don't have the fractured forms, but I love the
white and there is a variety I tried this year called 'Butter and
Cream' with very pale colors, so named.

They are very easy to pull after a good soaking rain, and I do pull
them as they are plentiful, but the provide a ton of nectar to
hummingbirds and insects that I love them.