This makes them attractive to slugs and snails and subject to foliar sunburn, dry-out and hail damage. In the case of white and cream mutations, it’s decreased production of chlorophyll (the molecule vital to photosynthesis that absorbs sunlight to produce the plant’s food and green color). Many variegated plants are mutants or so-called “sports”, meaning a genetic mistake has occurred that affects the plant’s green pigment. kousa ‘Wolf Eye’), with its white-margined foliage.Ī variegated Chinese dogwood (Cornus kousa var. controversa 'Variegata’), with its tiered branches and silver-variegated leaves, and the very popular ‘Wolf’s Eye’ Chinese flowering dogwood ( C. Dogwoods such as ‘Golden Shadows’ ( Cornus alternifolia ‘Golden Shadows’), with its golden-edged leaves, the wedding cake tree ( C.Full-sun loving variegated perennials and ornamental grasses, including variegated horseradish ( Armoracia rusticana ‘Variegata’), ‘Loraine Sunshine’ heliopsis ( Heliopsis helianthoides ‘Loraine Sunshine’), tricolor sage ( Salvia officinalis ‘Tricolor’), variegated maiden grass ( Miscanthus sinensis ‘Variegatus’) and bulbous oat grass ( Arrhenatherum bulbosum ‘Variegatum’).Variegated Japanese maples ( Acer palmatum) such as ‘Butterfly’ (white, green and pink), ‘Shirazz’ (multi-colored pinks, greens and creamy white) and ‘Beni Shichihenge’ (bluish-green leaves with white margins infused with pinkish orange).
These adaptable plants can be used as ground covers or trained to climb trees, trellises, light poles and statue bases. The popular Euonymus fortunei cultivars, including ‘Emerald Gaiety’ (green with white edges), ‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’ (green with gold edges), ‘Gold Tip’, ‘Sunspot’ and ‘Surespot’.When looking for variegated plants, there is certainly no shortage of choices.
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