This is Rose Pink,
Sabatia angularis, the most fragrant summer bloomer on the prairies of Blue Jay Barrens. When a lot of these plants bloom together, the sweet scent is almost overwhelming.
It looks like the Rose Pinks are going to have a very good year. This plant has just begun to bloom and you can see a mass of buds that will soon make this plant a solid mound of pink.
Here’s a plant that’s a bit farther along, but there are still a lot of blooms yet to come.
Rose Pinks can grow in some of the harshest conditions. The plant is a biennial, taking two years to reach the blooming stage. Two good growing seasons in a row can result in the fields being an almost solid pink. This is a more typical year. The plants are plentiful, but not dominant in the landscape.
The flower typically has five petals, but sometimes you’ll find a bloom with six. This abnormality is normally seen as one or two blooms amongst a plant full of normal flowers.
Most plants show a range of characteristics as part of normal genetic variation. I suppose, if Rose Pink were produced commercially, the plant breeders would work hard to perpetuate this six petal variety.
This is Rose Pink, Sabatia angularis, the most fragrant summer bloomer on the prairies of Blue Jay Barrens. When a lot of these plants bloom together, the sweet scent is almost overwhelming.
It looks like the Rose Pinks are going to have a very good year. This plant has just begun to bloom and you can see a mass of buds that will soon make this plant a solid mound of pink.
Here’s a plant that’s a bit farther along, but there are still a lot of blooms yet to come.
Rose Pinks can grow in some of the harshest conditions. The plant is a biennial, taking two years to reach the blooming stage. Two good growing seasons in a row can result in the fields being an almost solid pink. This is a more typical year. The plants are plentiful, but not dominant in the landscape.
The flower typically has five petals, but sometimes you’ll find a bloom with six. This abnormality is normally seen as one or two blooms amongst a plant full of normal flowers.
Most plants show a range of characteristics as part of normal genetic variation. I suppose, if Rose Pink were produced commercially, the plant breeders would work hard to perpetuate this six petal variety.
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