coneflower mutations/ or new coneflower?

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joan30157 Dallas, GA(Zone 7b) Jul 05, 2010

I have been crossing my coneflowers for a couple of years. The common purple with paradoxia. This year the seeds I started last fall have bloomed and I have some vary different flowers. Has anyone seen flowers like this?

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joan30157 Dallas, GA(Zone 7b) Jul 05, 2010

second image

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joan30157 Dallas, GA(Zone 7b) Jul 05, 2010

This is the second plant with the same cross

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joan30157 Dallas, GA(Zone 7b) Jul 05, 2010

second view of second plant all the leaves are upturned with a mix of purple and green and the centers are double with green sprouts

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Jul 05, 2010

I hope I'm wrong, but the weird growths in the middle of the flowers could be a symptom of a disease called aster yellows (which coneflowers are susceptible to)
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ipm.asp?code=138
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/node/166

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joan30157 Dallas, GA(Zone 7b) Jul 05, 2010

I think you are right the pics look just like the first web site. I will have to pull them. I was hoping for a new variety. I have been crossing coneflowers and daylilys. Not with each other

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