Morning Glories: Seedlings with white leaves., 1 by ByndeweedBeth

ByndeweedBeth wrote:
I seem to be getting a lot of these this spring....maybe it's because I'm growing more varigated JMG's. On this one you can see some varigation on the cotyledon leaves, but there is almost too much on the first true leaves. I am wondering if varigation is an unfavorable mutation in plants, since part of the leaf has less chorophyll to convert light to energy. Maybe the trait is only passed on due to the meddling of humans who like the varigated pattern. Seedlings like this haven't done very well for me under artificial lights, but I will be trying them in the garden this summer when it gets hotter.
Beth