# My strawberry flowers are turning green

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 14, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-strawberry-flowers-are-turning-green/585503 "2011-06-14T23:27:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-strawberry-flowers-are-turning-green/585503/1 "2011-06-14T23:27:18Z")

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Are they supposed to do that?

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-strawberry-flowers-are-turning-green/585503/2 "2011-06-15T00:22:42Z")

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I haven’t noticed this on mine, but some flowers do fade/change color to green as they age.

Are you growing a variety typically found in this solar system?

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**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-strawberry-flowers-are-turning-green/585503/3 "2011-06-15T01:48:14Z")

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Are the petal turning green or have the petals fallen off and the teeny baby strawberries growing in the center of what was the flower?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-strawberry-flowers-are-turning-green/585503/4 "2011-06-15T03:31:39Z")

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The petals seem to be turning from white to green. They haven’t fallen off. There seem to me teensy strawberry-shaped clumps of greenness in the middle.

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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-strawberry-flowers-are-turning-green/585503/5 "2011-06-15T03:40:05Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> The petals seem to be turning from white to green. They haven’t fallen off. There seem to me teensy strawberry-shaped clumps of greenness in the middle.

I really shouldn’t be laughing at this, but gosh darnit, you’re just so cute! 😃

Those are baby strawberries. Like the green bit in the middle of these flowers, right? [http://www.digginfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/stawberryflowers.jpg](http://www.digginfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/stawberryflowers.jpg) The petals will dry up and fall off as the strawberry grows from the middle.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-strawberry-flowers-are-turning-green/585503/6 "2011-06-15T03:44:29Z")

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Heh. I knew that the tiny clumps of greenness are baby strawberries (though I haven’t grown any since the '80s when I was at home). Maybe the petals ‘turning green’ are just the petals drying out, and they look green because they’re reflecting the light from the leaves.