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Just outside the back door is a lanky tuft of Veronicastrum virginicum. It's a good bee flower, with honeybees and bumbles visiting often. And this is the third year in a row that we have had a fasciated flower on it.I remember, very clearly

When a shoot becomes enlarged and flattened, giving the appearance of several shoots fused together, caused by an abnormality. Often seen on forsythia. The cock's comb ornamental flower is grown specifically for its unusual fasciated flowerheads

The distortion, known as fasciation, is a freak of nature, and often looks like several stems have been fused together. It's a rare phenomenon and does the plant no lasting harm. It can develop on a range of shrubs, flowers and perennials. The cause

then at least 3 lupins grew out of the top of the flattened stem where there should have only been one on each stem had a fasciated stem on a weigelia last year. none appeared this year hi richard,could you if pos read the blog on flying ants [from kate

. This sounds like fasciation, and it's not harmful. (There are some images of fasciated cherry trees here.) You can either cut the affected growth out, or, as our following guide says, enjoy it for its curiosity value! More information about fasciation. Daniel

I've attached some picture of my foxglove. It's perfectly normal except for the top flower of each stem which looks like a fussion of multiple flowers. Any ideas what has happened to it? Is it worth saving the seed? It's called fasciation

be called fasciation. A shock of some sort, or damage to the growing bud, causes abnormal growth. I know for certain that no hormone weedkillers have been used in my garden, so this can't be the cause. What do you think? you would think that having just