variegation
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Speaking of combining colors, I’ve heard lots of talk lately about how we should avoid using yellow variegated plants in the same beds, or even in the same garden, with plants of white variegation.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2022
You can find leaf variegation in hardy lilies, but this decorative aspect is unsurpassed in some tropical lilies.
From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021
In summer, Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus ‘Cosmopolitan’ arches tall in ribbons of white and green variegation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2018
But these shifts feel deliberate, like the clicking of a slide projector rather than the smooth variegation of a kaleidoscope, and the landscape always clears atop that steady pulse.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2016
The lack of the dark marking in the leaves was equivalent to the variegation in other varieties, only in a reverse direction.
