{"id":292,"date":"2015-04-01T10:49:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T15:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hort.net\/blog\/?p=292"},"modified":"2015-04-01T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T20:11:09","slug":"blue-coneflower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hort.net\/blog\/2015\/04\/01\/blue-coneflower\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the first blue coneflower, and double to boot!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_402\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hort.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/double-coneflower-09jul07-blue.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-293\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.hort.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/double-coneflower-09jul07-blue-300x201.png\" alt=\"double-coneflower-09jul07-blue\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hort.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/double-coneflower-09jul07-blue-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hort.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/double-coneflower-09jul07-blue.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Echinacea purpurea &#8216;Blueberry Petticoats&#8217;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2005 I sent a bud from a double pink coneflower named &#8216;Raspberry Petticoats&#8217; to Terra Nova. The deal fell through when they patented their own 2.5 years later, but I&#8217;m excited to announce the latest one: &#8216;Blueberry Petticoats&#8217;! I believe this is the first blue coneflower!<\/p>\n<p>By splicing the gene for delphinidin into a coneflower and suppressing the anthocyanins responsible for pink coloration, we were able to create this incredible flower.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, solar radiation exposes some anthocyanins that haven&#8217;t been fully suppressed near the flower centers and as the flowers senesce, but we expect to overcome this in future generations.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy your 1st day of April!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2005 I sent a bud from a double pink coneflower named &#8216;Raspberry Petticoats&#8217; to Terra Nova. The deal fell through when they patented their own 2.5 years later, but I&#8217;m excited to announce the latest one: &#8216;Blueberry Petticoats&#8217;! I believe this is the first blue coneflower! 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