My two white geraniums are siblings but they have slightly different tinted pink/red tones - eviltoast

Both are grandchildren of a totally white geranium, children of a slightly red tinted one. Sprouted via seeds from their parents fruits.

I think they are gorgeous!

  • Yuper@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Beautiful! Different soil composition can cause colors to vary. Or maybe you just got weird ones.

    • cfenollosa@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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      7 months ago

      Maybe cross pollination? Many people have geraniums in the area and the bees likely carry the pollen everywhere

      I also heard as a child that if a red geranium petal falls on the soil of a white geranium it can tint their flowers. But that sounds like a urban legend to me!

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        7 months ago

        I’ve never heard that but it would be very cool if true. I’ll have to try it.