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--Boundary_(ID_p6CenLGNiUAE1xmXUyzCgg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT In hydrangeas, I think the blue flower colour indicates acidic pH? vs. more alkaline conditions for the whitish flowers? Would that fit with what David mentioned below regarding wood ash being added where the pink flowers of bugle are now? Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Date: May 24, 2010 7:21:57 PM ADT > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Bugle flower color > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Dear All, May 24, 2010 > The Bugle (Ajuga reptans) on the lawn this year ranges in color > from deep blue (usual) to pink (unique to this year & localized). > > The large Bumble Bees who work this plant seem to be color-blind > but the pink blossoms (if I remember correctly that the pink area > had wood ash applied this year) suggest that Bugle blossom color > is dependent on available Al; deep blue if high, pink if low. > > Does anyone recall the term for plants with Al-conditional > flower color ? > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville --Boundary_(ID_p6CenLGNiUAE1xmXUyzCgg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> In hydrangeas, I think the blue flower colour indicates acidic pH? vs. = more alkaline conditions for the whitish flowers? Would that fit = with what David mentioned below regarding wood ash being added where the = pink flowers of bugle are now? Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">David & Alison Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">May 24, 2010 7:21:57 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Bugle flower = color</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Dear All,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = = </span>May 24, 2010</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Bugle (Ajuga = reptans) on the lawn this year ranges in color from deep blue (usual) to = pink (unique to this year & localized).</div><div style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>The large Bumble = Bees who work this plant seem to be color-blind but the pink blossoms = (if I remember correctly that the pink area had wood ash applied this = year)<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>suggest that = Bugle blossom color is dependent on available Al; deep blue if high, = pink if low.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Does anyone recall the term for plants with Al-conditional flower = color ?</div></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></div> = </blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_p6CenLGNiUAE1xmXUyzCgg)--
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