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Strange Azalea
I have an informal hedge of 'George Taber' azaleas in front of my
camellias. The azaleas are blooming right now. A close-up photo of a flower is at http://www.rossde.com/garden/GeoTaber.jpg. One of the plants has a branch with flowers that are all dark pink (a color sport), resembling 'Formosa'. (A photo of a 'Formosa' bush in bloom is at http://www.rossde.com/garden/Formosa_azalea.jpg.) The other flowers on this same plant are definitely 'George Taber'. Has anyone else seen such a strange color sport? -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary |
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Strange Azalea
On Apr 25, 1:46*pm, "David E. Ross" wrote:
I have an informal hedge of 'George Taber' azaleas in front of my camellias. *The azaleas are blooming right now. *A close-up photo of a flower is at http://www.rossde.com/garden/GeoTaber.jpg. One of the plants has a branch with flowers that are all dark pink (a color sport), resembling 'Formosa'. *(A photo of a 'Formosa' bush in bloom is at http://www.rossde.com/garden/Formosa_azalea.jpg.) *The other flowers on this same plant are definitely 'George Taber'. Has anyone else seen such a strange color sport? -- David E. Ross Climate: *California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary Hi David Yes I have such an azalea. It was here when we moved in, and I don't know the name of it. It does look very much like 'George Taber'. (so I am going with that as a name) It is rather large robust plant, 4 ft and I keep it pruned to that size. It is also very good at rooting its bottom branches and producing new plants. So Yes, it has had solid darkish pink/magenta flowers produced on a branch, as yours has done. But it also has produced branches that have blooms that are bi- colored. They look as if someone took a ruler and drew a line right down the middle of each bloom. One side of the flower is the solid dark pink and the other side of the "line" is a pure white. This occurs every few years, not every year. I would say that "George" is a product of a cross between a pink plant and a white one, and every so often the genes "separate" into the two parent plants. (no photos, sorry) Emilie NorCal |
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'George Lindley Taber' is a sport of 'Omurasaki' which has a purple flower. What you are seeing is a reversion to the original phenotype. To make matters more interesting, you will also eventually see white self flowers on 'George Lindley Taber'. The white self sport has been named 'Mrs. G. G. Gerbing'. So, if you have 'George Lindley Taber', 'Mrs. G. G. Gerbing', or 'Omurasaki', you will eventually (at some later date) see the other two. Bill Miller Bethesda, MD The Azalea Works Home Page |
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