OT - What other variegated plants do you grow besides C&S?
Off topic, many of us grow Cacti & Succulents that are variegated. Has your love for variegated C&S spilled into non-C&S plants?
What else to you grow because it is variegated? (houseplants or in the yard)
A few of my other variegated plants:
Philodendron 'Brasil'
I grow these next two herbs to look at & not to eat, lol!
Var. Sage
Var. Mint
Var. Geranium
I will have to get pics of some others too.
-Nancy
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5 years agoStefan
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socks
5 years agoCouple houseplants which can make it outside in protected area. The dracena doesn’t look too happy, might need a drink. Scheflera on the left got scale a couple years ago. I wiped it with alcohol, cut off Over half the plant, and it came back beautifully.
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Crenda 10A SW FL
5 years agoI didn't realize I had so many different Dracaena plants until I went to get a picture. It's raining, so I hope these look alright. They look so much better when the sun is shining!
Dracaena reflexa - these are clippings since I can't get out to the mama plant
Dracaena marginata -
Well, a peek behind this cut shows the leaves better.
And Dracaena 'colorama'
And I have a couple of Bromeliads. This is a NOID a neighbor gave me. -
Achmea fasciata
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stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
5 years agoI love variegated plants.
African violet 'Happy Harold'
Grown from a cutting of my mother's Hoya (probably H. carnosa)
Ficus elastica variegata
Hoya bella variegata
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5 years agoSo many beautiful plants everyone! I'm really enjoying this thread & hope you are too.
Socks, your variegated Scheflera is so pretty! Whenever I see them, I think of Puerto Rico, the hotel had hundreds of them throughout the paths.
Crenda, I love your white edged bromeliad, I don't recall seeing that type before. All wonderful plants and I love your pool & bar set up!
SLD, Holy mackerel, AV 'Happy Herald' is freakin' amazing! LOVE IT!!! I have hoya bella too, yours looks so much better, I need to repot mine soon.
This is a yellow variegated Iris, (maybe 'Aureo Variegata') I planted it last summer and am happy that it made it through winter. This is my first time seeing it bloom. :)
A variegated sedum (aka stonecrop). Also planted this last year. I noticed today that this a non-variegated section, perhaps someday I'll move that part.
The top left little thing is variegated Bishops weed, (not a weed to me) it's been fried in the past years droughts and I am happy it is a survivor. The bottom plant, the variegated Ajuga, I bought recently at Walmart for under $2, and am pleasantly surprised at the pretty bloom.
-Nancy
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThanks socks. I have few more variegates (some 'minies'), and some more solid colors, just to have to take photos. So far, I have been lucky and not too much slug damage. Will see how this year goes...Forgot this variegated morning glory I had last year- tried to save some seeds but nothing seems to be growing -:( Too bad, it was really nice plant:
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Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
5 years agoHolly Crap, where do I begin?
Don't even have all the house pants and outside plants.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoFew more hostas (sorry, small one on lower right is a duplicate photo):
This is what I just found - it is just a regular, small hosta ('edging hosta') that I have for years and keep dividing. Just found some leaves having white variegation!
And 2 lamiums - they are considered invasive in some areas:
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