Bailey from TN Nursery found a rare genetic mutation in their coneflower patch: a solid white-purple flower among typical purple ones. The mutation can be propagated from seed heads to produce thousands of identical plants, and pollinators still visit it despite the unusual color.
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Hey everyone, it's Bailey with TN Nursery, and today I found something really, really cool. I found a solid white purple coneflower in our purple coneflower patch. Now this is not a different cultivar, this is a rare genetic mutation. It's not a different species, it is just indeed a white purple coneflower. They're rare and you can't hardly find them. You see in this patch of a million purple coneflowers, there's just this one. Pollinators are usually attracted to deeper colors, but even though it's white, pollinators still flock to it. And it carries a unique genetics and can be propagated and preserved. So these beautiful white blooms, I can take that seed head out when it's ready and grow pure white purple coneflowers if we wanted to. This single rare mutation can bring thousands of plants just like it. In years to come. Shop now at tnursery.net. We have buy one get one free sales going on, and I know somebody's bound to get this beautiful white purple coneflower.