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Date: Sun, Dec 03, 2006, 11:45 PM PST
URBANA - U of I plant scientist Daniel Warnock hopes that one day soon a uniquely marbled pink poinsettia will be available to consumers who like decorating for the holidays with a flare for the unusual. The variety is yet unnamed, but is a natural mutation of a poinsettia variety called Premium Picasso. The topmost leaves which are red on the traditional poinsettia, on this new variety have an unusual almost watercolor wash of pink, red and white. "We work with several companies that breed and distribute poinsettias and when we showed them this natural mutation, they all loved it," said Warnock.<br><br><a href='http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/news3836.html' target='_blank'>http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/stories/news3836.html</a><br><br>
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