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Re: Mountain laurel colour changes

Nope.  No dieback ever.  A    very healthy plant so I don't know why the
colour reversion. 

    Steve  graf@aldus.northnet.org
    usda zone 4b/5a in the beautiful Champlain Valley of NY 
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On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Christopher Lindsey wrote:

> > I have a mountain laurel "olympic fire" which I've had for 4 years now.
> > It has always bloomed true to type -- red buds opening up to white flowers
> > -- however, this year the buds and flowers are pink!
> > Nothing pertaining to cultural requirements have changed and the plant is
> > otherwise very healthy and producing lots of new growth.  
> > 
> > any opinions as to why it's doing this colour change thing?  TIA 
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
>    Any possibility that you have a sport coming off?  Either a reversion to
> a different form, or some new mutation?  Did you have any dieback 
> recently?
> 
>    Anyone know if this is problematic at all with Kalmia spp.?  
> 
> Chris
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