Why would my double white Rose of Sharon have a few 'Ruby' blooms on the end of one branch?
How can this happen?? Mystery of a Rose of Sharon.
Looking gorgeous.
Hi Boojum, like your handle. May be she's the family rebel. I've no idea how that'd happen but shure is pretty.
The white one may have originally been a sport of a ruby. Sports (mutated or "different" growth on a normal plant) sometimes revert back to normal.
Aha. I was thinking it might have been grafted but never heard of grafting a ROS. The sport theory seems much more likely. Thanks, Agrinerd!
really cool though!!!!!!
It may be a rooted cutting.
think your plant's been messing around *LOL* maybe that was the original color
My ROS messing around. NEVER!!
But seriously folks,
It's odd cause this ROS is well established and was on the property when we got here. It must be 9-10' tall and has hundreds of double white blooms. Last year it bloomed all white without incident. Then this year it had 3 rose blooms!
I can only think it was a sport of Ruby, as Agrinerd suggested.
It's pretty common for ROS to bloom a different color on a different branch. I'm with the sport theory too.
The double white wouldn't be something that would come true from a seed, so it would have to be a sport at some point. Most likely taken from the Ruby tree as suggested. If you planted the seeds from this plant, chances are, you'd get a whole field full of different ROS shrubs.
Really???? I better collect some seeds!!!
...IF you're lucky enough to get seeds. A lot of ROS cultivars are sterile triploids, buy since this is a sport, that may have changed.