Come to think of it, the plainer ones are in a gloomy spot and the better
patterned ones are in more light. The original plant grew against a brick
wall facing the rising sun, and I will try moving some of the cuttings to a
similar aspect.

Regards.



"Jim Lewis" wrote in message
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"Peter Jason" wrote in message
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We took several cuttings from a pelargonium with pretty
variegated leaves
and planted them in various places in our garden. All the
cuttings took
well, but most have plain green leaves only, though one or two
have a faint
pattern.

What caused the variegation to be lost, and can we get it back
again?


Are they growing in the same light levels as where they came
from? Sometimes a change in light level will reduce the
variegated patterns in a leaf. Usually, I _think_, it is lower
levels that do this. Other environmental factors may also cause
it. Variegation is usually as "sport" and doesn't have the
strong genetic backing that "just plain green" has, so it doesn't
take much of an environmental change to affect it. Try to
duplicate the original environment.

Otherwise????

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.