Variegation on the Green Theme - Part One: Re: I need that Alocasia!

» Marge_Talt - Re: I need that Alocasia!

:-) I needed it, too...found it and am purring over this teeny bit of plant life, envisioning a huge plant in future. The one I saw in Raleigh must have been 12 or 15 feet tall - of course, it was being grown in a huge (and very hot and steamy) conservatory - the butterfly garden; full of exotic butterflies and tropical plants.

I know mine will never reach that size, but I have hopes for it to get as large as my Colocasias.

'Silver Dragon' would compliment it (if you could see it under a full grown Alocasia:-)

Something you could try - if it's hardy for you - is the Ophiopogon 'Nigrescens' and Pulmonaria 'Excalibur' or ' Diana Clare' - both of whom are really silver/white...I keep meaning to do this, but forgetting to divide 'Nigrescens' and move it at the right time. If 'Nigrescens' isn't hardy for you, you could grow it in pots and sink them around the Pulmonaria for the season....now, that would be black and white:-)

Anything but green! I agree absolutely...variegated foliage is as good as flowers - and lasts longer:-)

-- posted by Marge_Talt