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Weird mutant bluebell?

Green MagpieGreen Magpie Posts: 806

We have loads of bluebells running wild in the garden. They're probably a Spanish/English cross. Today I found one really strange one, which has grass-like growths protruding from the flower head.  Has anyone seen anything like this before?

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  • HCAHCA Posts: 129

    Hi GM,

    That's interesting, I have only seen something like this once before.

  • LesleyKLesleyK Posts: 4,029

    Probably an example of fasciation, where something happens in the plants development.  Very interesting.  There have been threads and pictures of different plants before so try a search on fasciation.

  • Katherine WKatherine W Posts: 410

    Wow, that is weird! I must post picture of a really weird foxglove we have. Or we might have a thread for monster flowers and plants?

  • Green MagpieGreen Magpie Posts: 806

    Aw, that's a shame, Tetley, I was thinking I could collect the seeds and make my fortune!

  • Green MagpieGreen Magpie Posts: 806

    Perhaps if I act quickly I can set up my garden as a Bank Holiday attraction and charge my neighbours to come in and view the Mutant Bluebell.

    Actually, the grandkids are arriving soon but I doubt they'll be interested - they're more intrigued by the electronic cat-scarer, because they can hear it and I can't.

  • Katherine WKatherine W Posts: 410

    Oooh, I will take a picture and post it. My hubby and I are really morbidly fascinated by our mutant foxglove... In our old pony pasture we found a fasciated buttercup, but by the time I went back with the camera, my ponies had trampled it image.

    (sorry for piggybacking on Magpie's thread, I really find plants' weirdness endlessly curious)

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