How do I get my Dragon’s Breath (CELOSIA) to bloom like this again? This year is mostly plants with little to no blooms. I took seeds from these blooms and replanted so I expected the results to be the same.
How do I get my Dragon’s Breath (CELOSIA) to bloom like this again? This year is mostly plants with little to no blooms. I took seeds from these blooms and replanted so I expected the results to be the same.
Seeds from a cultivar often aren’t true, especially if the cultivar was hybridized or a sport. The seeds tend to show traits from their parentage. The only way to replicate the cultivar is vegetative cuttings. Most of these highly cultivated plants start their lives as a cutting or clonal tissue culture because their genetics are too unstable for seed propagation.
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https://imgur.com/a/c8pLE7c
Here is what they look like this year.
Seeds from a cultivar often aren’t true, especially if the cultivar was hybridized or a sport. The seeds tend to show traits from their parentage. The only way to replicate the cultivar is vegetative cuttings. Most of these highly cultivated plants start their lives as a cutting or clonal tissue culture because their genetics are too unstable for seed propagation.