My two white geraniums are siblings but they have slightly different tinted pink/red tones

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 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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

cfenollosa@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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 pts · 2y

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