Comments on: The Variation in Variegation….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:23:42 +0000

Ha Ha Ha There you go being seriously funny again while at the same time educating us! I didn’t know that cutting off the solid green leaves would help! I just thought I had to live with it…thank you for the good advice and the good giggle!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:01:59 +0000

Thanks Frances & Scott – glad to hear you’re both enjoying your own natural hair variegation….I, however, am fighting it to the bitter end…..(and quickly losing)

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:09:41 +0000

Varigated hair?, no problem here( thanks again for the y chromosome, Dad) it just makes us look extinguished…err, distiguished, ya, thats it …distinguished.
Good subject Rebecca, like the blog.
Scott

By: Frances

Frances — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:47:11 +0000

Hi Rebecca, love the idea of variegated hair! We are going back to the natural and as the red lengths give way to variegated new growth, it is best to avoid the mirror. Now to the plants, the one most troubling here is the Sedum ‘Frosty Morn’. The frost is gone and even the habit has reverted to long and floppy. Dang those chimeras!
Frances

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:34:54 +0000

I always learn cool stuff from your blog posts. Keep ‘em coming Rebecca!

By: Susie

Susie — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:17:08 +0000

Thankfully we can do something about our own variegation! Too funny!

By: Joseph Tychonievich

Joseph Tychonievich — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:30:27 +0000

Oh, your explanation was right, I just threw in more detail because I think the whole chimera thing is freakishly cool. I’m a nerd.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:58:07 +0000

Thanks for the explanation! you obviously have way more experience in this area than I do…so is my ‘in a nutshell’ theory wrong? (I did check a few places on the web to get some info on this, which doesn’t always mean much as we all know….)? Or does your detailed comment just delve further into the explanation?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:53:16 +0000

Thanks, Amy! Glad you like it!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:52:38 +0000

I agree, Andy – that is one stinky plant! Every time I brush by it, the odor it releases is overpowering. I think I’ll just start over with another variegated one instead of pulling the green shoots out – totally worth the $9.00!

By: Joseph Tychonievich

Joseph Tychonievich — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:23:31 +0000

Variegated plants reverted because most of them are what is called “chimeras” — different layers of cells are genetically different, one layer being white, the other layers the usual green. Usually new shoots come from buds, which are made from all the layers of the plant, but sometimes new shoots can originate from a single cell — if that single cell is from the all white layer, you get an albino shoot which quickly dies. If it is from the green layer, you get an all green shoot which quickly takes over.

By: Amy Emerick

Amy Emerick — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:04:50 +0000

Interesting post! You have a great blog design. I can relate to the hair variation.

By: AK

AK — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:38:34 +0000

I hear you on that one.

Good luck pulling out that green Houttynia — that stuff stinks! I remember it from when I worked in a nursery years ago. Like soap, but more acrid. A weird smell.