My two white geraniums are siblings but they have slightly different tinted pink/red tones ( lemmy.sdf.org )

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!

https://lemmy.sdf.org/pictrs/image/e6d8a7b9-5fa4-4037-9285-46c91eaf431f.png

Yuper ,

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

cfenollosa OP ,
@cfenollosa@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

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 ,

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

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