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submitted 4 months ago by cfenollosa to c/houseplants@mander.xyz

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!

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[-] Yuper@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

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

[-] cfenollosa 4 points 4 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!

[-] Yuper@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

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

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