I'm far from the first to note the radically different shape of leaf margins manifest by Nero 600m, but I thought it interesting enough to share again. The first photo below, taken today, is not of two different plants but of a single small Nero 600m bush. Last year this bush showed only fingerlike leaves. This year after total top kill it shows both types for which it has become known.
As for the beast that is Celeste, I'd be curious to know if anyone is aware of a cultivar that has more velvety leaves than the strain of Celeste that has become known for its especially velvety leaves.
Many cultivars' leaves can become somewhat velvety, while many other cultivars seem to resist growing velvety at all or barely. Referring here to mature leaves, since the immature leaves of probably any cultivar can be velvety.
Plant and tree leaves of many species employ many different strategies to keep from drying out: being thin-lobed, or glossy ... or using the soft velvety fuzz to prevent dehydration. Mullein is a plant well known to employ the velvety strategy. The velvet fuzz protects leaves from desiccating effects of wind.
Celeste can be a big muscular tree, and is known for its especially small fruits. Probably not but any relation in that relation to the velvety leaves? This is for at least one particular strain of Celeste. It seems that other strains of Celeste do not get such velvety leaves.
As for the beast that is Celeste, I'd be curious to know if anyone is aware of a cultivar that has more velvety leaves than the strain of Celeste that has become known for its especially velvety leaves.
Many cultivars' leaves can become somewhat velvety, while many other cultivars seem to resist growing velvety at all or barely. Referring here to mature leaves, since the immature leaves of probably any cultivar can be velvety.
Plant and tree leaves of many species employ many different strategies to keep from drying out: being thin-lobed, or glossy ... or using the soft velvety fuzz to prevent dehydration. Mullein is a plant well known to employ the velvety strategy. The velvet fuzz protects leaves from desiccating effects of wind.
Celeste can be a big muscular tree, and is known for its especially small fruits. Probably not but any relation in that relation to the velvety leaves? This is for at least one particular strain of Celeste. It seems that other strains of Celeste do not get such velvety leaves.
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