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Dec 29, 2015 4:53 PM CST
Name: Jim D
East Central Indiana (Zone 5b)
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As said , Everything is a match , as to view of the plant itself , The only difference ,, Is from the top leaves to the top of the blooms , This plant here , was half that .
Simply a shorter top bloom stem , A lot of purple types are like that also .

I hope it lives long enough and seeds again , so I can try a few more , There are two or three smaller growing under the leaves , developing their roots , Hurray!

There are a few mutation possibilities that could of occurred
It had been down to 26 or 28 degrees a few times , that knocked down and browned the taller stems , the 2nd photo showing the end of the stem as bright red purple , The smaller have kept right on growing , I will have to walk back there a few times and see how long the smaller ones show their top leaves as to temperature , oops I am using Fahrenheit temperature scale ,
Only ten below is still darned cold ,
In the Butterfly garden if a plant is not chewed up I feel like a failure
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