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What causes a variegated hosta to revert back or turn all green again?


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"Bob Bauer" wrote in news:f4ltop01t54
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What causes a variegated hosta to revert back or turn all green again?




Where do you have it planted? Is it getting too much sun?
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On Jun 12, 6:50?am, "Bob Bauer" wrote:
What causes a variegated hosta to revert back or turn all green again?


Most all varigatated hosta occurs from hybridizing, sometimes hybrids
revert back.

http://hostapatch.com/articles.php#c...iegationleaves


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lack of sunlight
variegated is a sport of regular green
sometimes a variegated reverts back to all green and it is more
competitive than the variegated.

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