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Can anyone explain how this chrysanthemum has so many different colors?

 
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Hi,  I was wondering if anyone could explain how these flowers (Chrysanthemum Carinatum) get their colors?  They're annuals, so they're grown every year from seed. From what I've read they might not come back the next year true to the parent plant.  Are they grown in large fields of the same colors and then the seed is mixed at some point?  I bought seeds from a small seller who I think produced his own seed.    If these grow well I was planning on saving my own seed but I'm thinking that I won't get the same results.  I think that the next generation of flowers will blend into some solid color.  Is this true?

Thank you for any reply!
Have a good day.
Tim



 
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