3 years ago I had many Rose of Sharon seedlings growing and spotted this
It looked unusual, but I figured I'd keep it to see if it gained color. A few months after planting it looked like this.
I was amazed at how beautiful it was! Now, 3 years later I have a gorgeous, highly variegated Rose of Sharon, with green,yellow, and white splashed on the leaves. Up until now I've had no blooms, but now have buds ready to open any day!
As you can see, the bud coloring is also variegated! The more variegated the leaves near it, the more white in the bud!
I can't wait to post photos when they open and of the gorgeous leaf colors! I've not seen anything like this, not even in stores, and it should be fertile and set seed so I'm hoping to get more variegated plants and try and root cuttings of it to give others.
