Other variegations are less aesthetic!

6th December 2020

Sometimes a variegation - usually a virus-induced one, occasionally a genetic mutation or sport - can look so 'wrong' for the type of plant leaf involved that it is surprising that anyone has propagated it. A case in point is the variegated form of the leather-leaf or wrinkled-leaf viburnum, Viburnum rhytidophyllum. This is a huge shrub with long evergreen leaves with a heavily wrinkled, corrugated surface and strong veining. The variegated form just looks as if someone has shaken a paintbrush towards it.