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Hyacinth Vine Mutation

meg_va
19 years ago

I hope I'm posting in the right forum!

Two years ago, I planted purple hyacinth beans. One of them came up with green foliage and I assumed that I'd planted a white hyacinth bean by accident.

Throughout the summer I watched the plant grow, and to my surprise it had the foliage of white HB but the blooms were bright pink and the seed pods contained seeds that were dark like the purple HB vine. Actually, it appears to be the purple HB that is absent of the purple coloring...

I saved all the seeds and replanted many of them this spring. Sure enough, the foliage on the vines grew green, the blooms, pink, the seedpods, lime green w/dark seeds.

After 2 seasons, is it a true mutation? I've searched and searched and can't find any documentation (except my own) about a plant like this.

If it is a true mutation, what are my options?

Thanks for any information you can share ~

Meg :)

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