I want to say right off that blue daffodil is not quite true. The daffodil in question is actually Narcissus Ice Follies and is white with a yellow cup that lightens as it matures until it matches the petals.
But it is 'Blue Week' for the day care children so we decided to take one of those daffs and do the old trick of putting it in water with dye, blue of course.
After 4 hours this is what we found...
A little closer detail...quite pretty actually!
24 hours later the edge is even more solidly dyed and the color in the xylem tubes is showing.
The xylem are the tubes in the stem and flowers through which water is pulled by capillary action.
The result is odd but fun!
The xylem are the tubes in the stem and flowers through which water is pulled by capillary action.
The result is odd but fun!
