If that’s a mint, mine spat out a leaf just like that. The next one all white, followed by a more normal looking mint leaf. So.
IntroductionNaive773
Yes, branch sports can happen where cells drastically change leaf color, morphology, variegation and even flower color. If those sports are isolated and grown on their own a new cultivar can be named.
Ku-Kul-Khan
It is mostly by seed. I worked as provider for a local nursery at one time and there have been times when I have 800 – 1000+ babies in my home before weeding them out. I can tell you from experience with multiple plant families that color morphs are quite a common occurrence.
Now if we are talking about a variegated parent… Let’s just say that each baby can have a unique color morph and one parent, depending on the plant, can have several dozens of babies. Each one can go onto become their own cultivar. Variegation is not that rare and even though I don’t do that work anymore, I still breed my own plants at home. I see pink variegation quite often actually.
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If that’s a mint, mine spat out a leaf just like that. The next one all white, followed by a more normal looking mint leaf. So.
Yes, branch sports can happen where cells drastically change leaf color, morphology, variegation and even flower color. If those sports are isolated and grown on their own a new cultivar can be named.
It is mostly by seed. I worked as provider for a local nursery at one time and there have been times when I have 800 – 1000+ babies in my home before weeding them out. I can tell you from experience with multiple plant families that color morphs are quite a common occurrence.
Now if we are talking about a variegated parent… Let’s just say that each baby can have a unique color morph and one parent, depending on the plant, can have several dozens of babies. Each one can go onto become their own cultivar. Variegation is not that rare and even though I don’t do that work anymore, I still breed my own plants at home. I see pink variegation quite often actually.