In February I wrote about my love for green on green variegation. While that particular combination is still very much an obsession I thought I’d showcase a few of my yellow (or cream) and green variegated plants. I love how they draw your eye, break up the sea of green and lighten-up darker areas of the garden.
Interestingly I’ve noticed a few of the same plants I saw as green on green in February have now taken on more of a creamy yellow hue. Must be the sun? Or maybe just because I see shades of both and can’t ignore a plant I love no matter what the supposed focus? Probably both!
Daphniphyllum himalaense ssp macropodum ‘Variegated’ is one of those plants that previously qualified as having a “green on green” coloration – it’s showing its flexibility by changing it up to shades of yellow.
x Fatshedera lizei ‘Annemieke’ is showing it’s summer blond as well.
Not to take your eyes away from the lovely variegated Ginkgo biloba, but do you see the scratchings on the wooden fence behind it? A group of paper wasps moved in mid-summer and went to town harvesting material. You could actually hear them working away “munch munch munch”…
Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ mixes well with everything.
I love Echium candicans ‘Star of Madeira’ so much, I always grow at least one plant as an annual.
Upon hearing that many folks ask “but what about the flowers? do you ever get flowers?” Rarely, and that’s okay!
Symphytum x uplandicum ‘Axminster Gold’ keeps pushing out bigger and bigger leaves, some verging on being almost completely yellow. Also, as you can see, something finds these leaves very tasty.
Canna ‘Pretoria’, honestly I don’t think I’ve ever met a Canna I didn’t love.
Agave attenuata ‘Kara’s Stripes’ – only half variegated!
Unfortunately I don’t know the name of this Hosta, it’s a good one though.
This is Hosta ‘Lakeside Cupcake’ and in “real life” it’s a much creamier color. I try to steer clear of white variegation in my garden.
I was warned to not treat this plant too well, lest it revert to all green.
Finally we’ll end this album with Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘Ogon Nishiki’.
It’s a visually busy plant, but I love it.
Next Wednesday I’ll share the spiky version!