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Juneau, Alaska  ganjaguru Apr 26, 2018 9:26 PM CST |
| Hey so I'm new to growing carnations but I went to the garden store and bought some red carnation seeds and started growing one inside to see how it looked before I dedicate a section of my garden for them, but once it started to bloom flowers I noticed that it wasn't red at all, it was a bright purple color. So my question is, was the package mislabeled or is it a genetic mutation or is it something that I am doing to cause it to be purple instead of red and do you think all the seeds will make purple flowers or are some going to be red and some purple and/or various other colors? |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15              |
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Juneau, Alaska ganjaguru Apr 26, 2018 11:57 PM CST |
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Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
| Unfortunately that's not a carnation, not even close, looks like some wild flower, not sure what it is. I'll move this over to the Plant ID Forum. My gardening Blog! Hand sewn wares, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
Italy  victorialuz Apr 27, 2018 1:38 AM CST |
A very nice wild larkspur (Delphinium)  |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b)            purpleinopp Apr 27, 2018 9:56 AM CST |
| Lovely! Looks like this kind to me: Giant Larkspur (Consolida ajacis) 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The less I interfere, the more balance mother nature provides. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Juneau, Alaska ganjaguru Apr 27, 2018 12:35 PM CST |
| Do you think it is an annual or perennial? And is it common to have seed packages be mislabeled and produce different plants than they are supposed to? |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
| If you click on the Larkspur link, the database says it's an annual. And no, it's not common to have mislabeled seed packages. My gardening Blog! Hand sewn wares, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b) purpleinopp Apr 28, 2018 4:58 AM CST |
| The larkspur seed may have been in the soil, not the seed pack. 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The less I interfere, the more balance mother nature provides. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
| That's what I was thinking. Ferry-Morse is a well known seed company. Any more seeds sprout? My gardening Blog! Hand sewn wares, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
Juneau, Alaska ganjaguru Apr 29, 2018 3:27 PM CST |
| No I haven't noticed any more sprouts but I just planted a couple more seeds to see what kind of plant grows, and from what I've been reading delphiniums tend to be perennials and larkspur tend to be annuals. So is this a delphinium or a larkspur? |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15 |
purpleinopp said:Lovely! Looks like this kind to me: My gardening Blog! Hand sewn wares, new & vintage fabrics in my Etsy store. Summer Song Cottage Instagram Sewing posts |
Name: Scott Tampa FL (Westchase)            ScotTi Apr 29, 2018 3:56 PM CST |
Maybe post a photo of the seed from your pack here for those familiar with these seed to ID. It has been many years but I am remembering Carnation seed as flat papery like and Larkspur as triangular shaped. |
Juneau, Alaska ganjaguru Apr 30, 2018 1:08 PM CST |
| So what is the difference between delphiniums and larkspur? Are there physical differences between the two that makes them easy to tell apart? |
Juneau, Alaska ganjaguru May 1, 2018 1:27 AM CST |
 Here's a picture of the seeds |
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