Do variegated plants need more sun?
Variegated plants need more sun than solid green plants because they don’t have as much chlorophyll to absorb sunlight. If you’re growing a variegated plant, leave it near a sunny window or a bright spot on your property so it absorbs enough sun to stay healthy.
Are variegated plants perennials?
You can find a variety of variegated perennials, be they groundcovers like Farfugium japonicum ‘Kaimon Drake’, an ornamental grass like Arundo donax ‘Peppermint Stick’, or a cultivar of an agave like Agave lophantha ‘Splendida’.
Are variegated plants good?
Variegated plants also tend to prefer slightly dimmer conditions, because the chlorophyll that makes leaves green also acts as a plant’s built-in sunscreen; white leaves can scorch easily in direct light. On the plus side, their shade-tolerance makes them excellent houseplants.
How do you induce variegation?
Without going too deep into the science of how radiation impacts the growth and development of cellular material, inducing variegation in plants is achieved by exposing rooted cuttings to high energy electromagnetic radiation in the form of gamma rays or x-rays.
How do I make my plants more variegated?
The more traditional and stable way to achieve variegation is to take cuttings of the branches that have more blotchy variegation in the leaf rather than the all-white form (has no chlorophyll) and just keep building the numbers of plants. This process takes a lot longer to produce volume.
How can you tell if a plant is variegated?
This applies both to green leaves with irregular markings (variegation), say in white and yellow, and to those of a single solid color such as gold or purple. A random mutation usually shows up as variegation. If you propagate from a green shoot or sow seed of the plant, the color will not recur.
What flowers are variegated?
Variegated Plants
| Latin Name | Location | Flowering season |
|---|---|---|
| Aegopodium odagraria ‘Variegatum’ Ground elder | Variegated | May to June |
| Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ | Variegated | Late spring to early summer |
| Aucuba japonica ‘Crotonifolia’ Spotted laurel | Variegated | April to May |
| Aucuba japonica ‘Sulphurea Marginata’ Japanese aucuba | Variegated | April |
How do you make plants variegated?
Can you grow variegated plants?
Can I propagate a variegated plant? A. The plants variegation can be inherited (genetic) or occur randomly (chimeric). If genetic, the colour change is stable, this means that if you propagate a green shoot from a plant with colored leaves or sow its seed, the colouring will reappear in the new plant.
Why are variegated plants so expensive?
Essentially variegated plants have less surface area to photosynthesise with and produce the sugars they need for growth and repair, hence they usually need more light compared to entirely green plants and typically grow much, much slower. This is the basis of why they are currently so sought after and pricy!