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Seedy Subjects! => Grow From Seed => Topic started by: mickeymuc on April 18, 2009, 05:01:41 PM

Title: Variegated Polygonatum zanlanscianense ?
Post by: mickeymuc on April 18, 2009, 05:01:41 PM

Hi all,

Last Year I sowed some seeds of Polygonatum zanlanscianense (from Chilternseeds, and they got it from annew), which germinated under ground last year and developed nice first leaves some weeks ago. Among them is one with two yellow patterned leaves - has anyone observed this in Polygonatum ? And can I expect this to be a stable variegation ? Or might this even be a disease ?

Thanks for hints !

Kind regards,

Michael

Title: Re: Variegated Polygonatum zanlanscianense ?
Post by: Paddy Tobin on April 18, 2009, 10:13:02 PM

Michael,

I couldn't comment on variegation in this species of polygonatum as I do not grow it but I do grow a variegated polygonatum so variegation is not unknown in the species.

Paddy

Title: Re: Variegated Polygonatum zanlanscianense ?
Post by: annew on April 19, 2009, 08:44:22 PM

I have a forest of seedlings beneath the parents, and no sign of anything like this.

Title: Re: Variegated Polygonatum zanlanscianense ?
Post by: Afloden on April 20, 2009, 09:27:08 PM

Michael,

 Lucky you, that looks like good variegation. Well, if you like variegation in plants. It will be interesting to see if it stabilizes.

 Aaron Floden

 

Title: Re: Variegated Polygonatum zanlanscianense ?
Post by: mickeymuc on April 24, 2009, 08:10:06 AM

Okay, then I'll take care that it survives and try to separate it in autumn - we'll see how it will reappear next year.
I'm not a fan of variegated plants, but this one is okay and a very exiting thing  ;)

Michael