Beginner Gardening: Weird!!!! Wandering Jew, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Maybe the Tradescantia is reverting due to age? Someone told me once that when variegated plants age they sometimes revert back to a solid color.

I have a large variegated Hibiscus in my front yard. I've had this plant for many years and originally the foliage was variegated and the flowers were a really pretty light pink color. It's been transplanted and moved a few times over the years to different locations in the yard. A few years ago the flowers reverted to a coral/red color which they have unfortunately remained (I really liked the light pink color!)

The foliage on this plant began reverting to solid green about two years ago. We had extremely cold weather last winter but even if we have a few nights dipping into the 20's, it warms up quickly. This Hibiscus was pretty large, probably about 10' tall and a few feet around. The cold knocked it back to the ground and I really thought it was a goner! When the weather warmed up I lopped back all the dead branches to the ground and left it for a few weeks. I was quite surprised when it began sprouting anew and that the foliage was all variegated again!

Snow Queen Hibiscus ...