How Much Do I Love Variegates?
Well, now that posting pix works again, I don't recall seeing conversations about Variegates, which I really love. But I'm partial to white variegation, I don't care for the yellow at all, looks sickly to me.
So here's my variegates, how about sharing some of yours?
Recently purchased Hoya Carnosa Krimson Queen, but w/ unusually thin leaves, reminds me of Ficus benjamina which I'll show shortly. This is very healthy & growing vigorously, am tempted to go back & get another one.
Closer
Another recent find, same source, looks a bit yellow/white.
An Aralia, Polysicas common name Parsley leaf.
I have the solid green of these now too, seems I wish to collect various Polyscias.
I've struggled to learn to grow Ficus benj for several yrs.
I finally got it, this one is several yrs. growing w/ me, in my mixes. I like the form & natural grace of this plant, next Spring I may try to shape it a bit.
My Sans Bantel's Sensation, from Stush.
I love this striped look (sorry for the blur), but this plant does little, thinks it's a piece of furniture, but still, it's so handsome.
So pls, won't you share YOUR variegates w/ us?
(Perhaps I might ask no Jades pls as their variegates seem plenty well covered in the multiple Jades threads.)
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greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
4 years agoMost of mine are Jades, of course, but I do have a few other variegates.
Most notably, 'Bantel's Sensation.'
Karen S. (7b, NYC) thanked greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
J Williams
4 years ago
socks
4 years agoMy favorite, Persian shield. It stays outside all year, loses a lot of leaves in the fall bounces back in the spring.
greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
4 years agoJ Williams
4 years ago
not sure if these are variegated, this one is still a baby, it will get purple blocks between the veins
Meyermike(Zone 6a Ma.)
4 years agogreenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
4 years agojpp221
4 years ago
Chris (6a in MA)
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThere‘s a coupLe of variegated plants here: a pair of sanseveria pots, the baby agave desmettiana variegata plants on the buffet table and the Ficus elastica variegata in the far corner.
J Williams
4 years ago
Stush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoI have always said 'If poison Ivy was variegated, then I'll have some and itch'. I love Sans, Agaves and Aloes so any variegated the better.
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
4 years agoLove all of these! Here are a few of mine...
Euphorbia poissonii variegata
Monadenium ritchiei variegata
another variegated Monadenium ritchiei, this time with white instead of yellow
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
4 years agoa few more...
Monadenium stapelioides variegata
Huernia zebrina variegata
A variegated Hoya carnosa grown from a cutting of my mother's plant
stupidlazydog CT zone 5b/6a
4 years agoStill more (I'm a sucker for anything variegated)
Hoya kentiana variegata
Bougainvillea 'Orange Ice'
a variegated Astrophytum
J Williams
4 years agoKaren S. (7b, NYC)
4 years agolast modified: 4 years ago
Randi Holbrook
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoStush2049 Pitts. PA, zone 6
4 years ago
Elena