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Rare kumara flower delights Northland woman 26 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 2 minutes to read The special kumara flower in Gillian Lovell s Kaitaia garden. Photos / Supplied Northern Advocate She first saw one some 30 years ago, but the unexpected appearance of a purple kumara flower was still a special event for Kaitaia woman Gillian Lovell. The flower didn t last long, she said, but was spectacular before it began to collapse. Gillian s nephew, Kevin Matthews, said purple and gold kumara were very rarely seen flowering - the commercial yellow variety did so more regularly - but could produce blooms under stress, such as might be caused by a sudden change in weather. ....
The rarest of vegetable garden blooms 21 Apr, 2021 09:34 PM 2 minutes to read The kumara flower in Gillian Lovell s garden. Photo / supplied Northland Age By: Peter Jackson She first saw one some 30 years ago, but the unexpected appearance of a purple kumara flower was still a special event for Kaitaia woman Gillian Lovell. The flower didn t last long, she said, but was spectacular before it began to collapse. Gillian s nephew, Kevin Matthews, said purple and gold kumara were very rarely seen flowering - the commercial yellow variety did so more regularly - but could produce blooms under stress, such as might be caused by a sudden change in weather. The variety in Gillian s garden had been in the Matthews family for well over a century. ....