Re: self sowers

Yup, Kitty, Tovara 'Painter's Palette' seeds absolutely true (and
prolifically)...think it's called something else now but not in my
brain.  Lamium galeobdolen - variegated form (used to be Lamiastrum)
also seeds true most of the time; have only found the odd solid green
one.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Kitty Morrissy <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> 
> Friends,
> I was weeding some beds at the display gardens last week.  This bed

> contains Heliopsis 'Loraine Sunshine' which has dramatically
variegated 
> leaves.  Almost white with dark green veins.  I planted this there 
> about 2 years ago and noticed it has self sown.  What surprised me
was 
> that many of the seedlings are coming up with the parent coloring. 

> There are some plain green ones too, but at least 1/2 have the
white 
> lvs.  I didn't think this trait would be obtained so easily, that
we 
> would've had to take cuttings to propagate.  But this looks to be
50/50 
> fairly true from seed.  Anyone else experience this with other 
> variegated plants?
> 
> Kitty

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