Unusual Coleus with Three Leaves per Node

Posted on May 9, 2006 by joelignacio

As I was planting my Coleus into pots on Sunday, I noticed that two of my Coleus were a little unusual. Instead of the usual two leaves per node, these had three leaves per node. Hmmm? Mutants?

One was a ‘Dark Star (Hybrid)’ that grew from seed…

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…the other was ‘Velvet Lime’ cutting from last year.

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  • http://lblanchard.livejournal.com/ lblanchard

    I’ve had some seedlings start out that way and then settle down to look more like their peers.

    • http://www.joelignacio.com/blog/ joelignacio

      Aww… I was hoping they would stay weird… er… different…