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Hi All=0AThe change from blue to white flowers is often as a result of the =
ph of the soil. A low ph produces blue flowers - a high ph white flowers. H=
ydrangea are especially sensitive in this way so perhaps Blue Flags also. L=
ocal garden centers sell aluminum sulphate for to keep hydrangea blue - it =
might work with Flags.=0AMay your flags always be blue =0APaul =0A=0A=0AOn =
Monday, June 23, 2014 5:55:38 PM, Nancy P Dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote=
:=0A =0A=0A=0AI know little about plants but if her Blue Flag was bought f=
rom a nursery it was probably selected and/or hybridized along the way to g=
et the desired plant. Sometimes these "created" plants revert back to some =
kind of default colour- white in this case.=0A=0AFor example, 10yrs ago I b=
ought my mother a perennial Columbine (comes up from the roots rather than =
self-seeding like the wild ones do, I think). I purchased it b/c I liked th=
e two-toned flowers (yellow and maroon if I remember correctly). It was fin=
e the year put in but has come up the typical Columbine purple ever since.=
=A0=0A=0AI do not know why this happens. But maybe something similar is goi=
ng on with the Blue (now White) Flag?=0A=0ANancy=A0=0A=0ASent from my iPhon=
e=0A=0AOn Jun 22, 2014, at 11:05 PM, James Hirtle <jrhbirder@hotmail.com> w=
rote:=0A=0A=0A =0A>Hi all:=0A>=A0=0A>I was at a friends place this evening.=
=A0 She has blue flag in her garden as well as the yellow hybrid.=A0 She ha=
s taken root cuttings off the normal blue flag, and has transplanted them.=
=A0 The flowers interestingly enough have been coming in as white the last =
few years and every year fill in as whiter.=A0 They are now coming in as pu=
re white rather then blue.=A0 Has anyone else ever heard of this happening =
and the reason for it.=A0 =0A>=A0=0A>James R. Hirtle=0A>Bridgewater=0A>=A0=
=0A>=0A>
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lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo=
nt-size:14pt"><div><span>Hi All</span></div><div><span>The change from blue=
to white flowers is often as a result of the ph of the soil. A low ph prod=
uces blue flowers - a high ph white flowers. Hydrangea are especially sensi=
tive in this way so perhaps Blue Flags also. Local garden centers sell alum=
inum sulphate for to keep hydrangea blue - it might work with Flags.</span>=
</div><div><span>May your flags always be blue </span></div><div><span>Paul=
</span></div> <div class=3D"qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class=3D"yaho=
o_quoted" style=3D"display: block;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNe=
ue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size:=
14pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetic=
a, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <=
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face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"> On Monday, June 23, 2014 5:55:38 PM, Nancy P Do=
wd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <br><br> <div cl=
ass=3D"y_msg_container"><div id=3D"yiv0074268488"><div><div>I know little a=
bout plants but if her Blue Flag was bought from a nursery it was probably =
selected and/or hybridized along the way to get the desired plant. Sometime=
s these "created" plants revert back to some kind of default colour- white =
in this case.</div><div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div>For example, 10yrs ag=
o I bought my mother a perennial Columbine (comes up from the roots rather =
than self-seeding like the wild ones do, I think). I purchased it b/c I lik=
ed the two-toned flowers (yellow and maroon if I remember correctly). It wa=
s fine the year put in but has come up the typical Columbine purple ever si=
nce. </div><div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div>I do not know why this h=
appens. But maybe something similar is going on with the Blue (now White)
Flag?</div><div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div>Nancy </div><div><br cl=
ear=3D"none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class=3D"yiv0074268488yqt2379474=
340" id=3D"yiv0074268488yqt13010"><div><br clear=3D"none">On Jun 22, 2014, =
at 11:05 PM, James Hirtle <<a href=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@hotmail.com" targ=
et=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:jrhbirder@h=
otmail.com">jrhbirder@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br clea=
r=3D"none"></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>=0A=0A<style>#yiv0074268488=
#yiv0074268488 --=0A.yiv0074268488hmmessage P=0A{=0Amargin:0px;padding:0px=
;}=0A#yiv0074268488 body.yiv0074268488hmmessage=0A{=0Afont-size:12pt;font-f=
amily:Calibri;}=0A#yiv0074268488 </style>=0A<div dir=3D"ltr"><font size=3D"=
6">Hi all:</font><br clear=3D"none"> <br clear=3D"none"><font size=3D"=
6">I was at a friends place this evening. She has blue flag in her ga=
rden as well as the yellow hybrid. She has taken root cuttings off th=
e normal blue flag, and has transplanted them. The flowers interestin=
gly enough have been coming in as white the last few years and every year f=
ill in as whiter. They are now coming in as pure white rather then bl=
ue. Has anyone else ever heard of this happening and the reason for i=
t. </font><br clear=3D"none"><font size=3D"6"></font> <br clear=
=3D"none"><font size=3D"6">James R. Hirtle</font><br clear=3D"none"><font s=
ize=3D"6">Bridgewater</font><br clear=3D"none"><font size=3D"6"> <br i=
d=3D"yiv0074268488FontBreak" clear=3D"none"></font><br clear=3D"none"> =09=
=09 =09 =09=09 </div>=0A</div></blockquote></div></div></div><br><br></d=
iv> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>
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