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Author Message   Perkie  Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 - 04:01 pm EST :    My fuchsia-tree Tom West looks funny: most of his leaves (right side) have the right color - only one branch has green leaves, as you can see on the picture. I can't remember whether he has done this before... Even the leaves are different: the green leaves are larger than the coloured ones... What happened with Tom West? Gerda Perkie - Gelderland, Zone "Nederland"   Fbonsailady  My Favorite Photo My Garden Journal My Weather My Garden My Time Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 12:23 pm EST :    Hi Gerda, Yes this does happen sometimes. As you most probably know most 'varigated leaf' plants were originally a sport or mutation of a 'green leaf' variety and in this case is believed to have been either Corallina or Riccartonii. What has happened is more than likely one of two things. (a) The plant is trying to revert back to one of it's parents or (b) It is another fault in the genes. You can leave it as it is and have two different plants coming from the main stem, but in due course the whole plant may become green-leaved. You could try removing the stems where the green leaves are sprouting from, this will of course spoil the shape of your standard Kath Zone 8b UK   Perkie  Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 04:50 pm EST :    Thanks for your reply - I have seen this more often with my hosta's, but in that case you can split the two different "plants", but in this fuchsia-'tree' as we call it, it spoils the shape. I have put it near my favorite place in the garden, look at it every day and try to decide what to do: remove the stems and spoil the shape, or...accept it as it is. Thanks again, Gerda Perkie - Gelderland, Zone "Nederland"   Perkie  Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 04:54 pm EST :    As an afterthought: I think it is Corallina showing up, it explains the bigger green leaves. Gerda Perkie - Gelderland, Zone "Nederland"

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