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ShakespearesGarden said:Thanks for pointing out that the mutation would affect the breeding potential. I think I'll self it first (make sure I get a copy of the mutation) and then dab pollen... I suppose we'll only find out if the trait is dominant after/if I can get seedlings to blooming age...

The characteristic (near-white) will be/is recessive. It is being hidden by the normal lavender colour of 'Lavender Stardust'. If you self-pollinate the normal flowers and grow enough seedlings approximately 25% of them should be near-whites. There is a registered cultivar from a cross of 'Lavender Stardust' and a near-white that is near-white.

The white flowers may be due to a new white mutation or they may be due to the white that Lavender Stardust carries as heterozygous inappropriately becoming homozygous.