Funky Flowers

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    Last summer, one of my sunflowers turned "deviant" :heehee:

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    Five flower heads on one stem! :biggrin:

    Anyone else have deviant "funky flowers" they'd like to share?
     
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      Some daylilies can sometimes flower with more than the usual 3 petals and 3 sepals( called polytepal), but usually only 4 of each this flowered in my garden a couple of years ago and looks more like siamese twins :)
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        That is stunning!!!
         
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          It was a really strange summer 2011 with the heat, this rose behaved quite oddly too, its called 'Winchester Cathedral' had it in my garden around 10 years usually the flowers open 1 or 2 at a time but in 2011 they all opened at once quite a sight as these aren't small flowers :hate-shocked: , first picture shows what it would normally look like.
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            Is it something you've put in their water, simbad :heehee:
             
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            :heehee: Must admit to never watering them Mum :redface: ,they have to fend for themselves once they've settled in after planting, although did catch OH with the hosepipe watering the daylily bed once in summer 2011 :hate-shocked: , the daylilies get a dry seaweed food in spring and the roses get a rose feed a couple of times, in spring and summer but thats it.
             
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