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My variegated acer is losing its variegation

Middlers
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Some of the leaves on my variegated Acer are just green (without the whiter edging). Is this a problem?
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  • csnann
    csnann Posts: 468 Forumite
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    This is called "reversion", it won't harm the plant but if you want to keep it variegated you need to prune all the plain bits or else the whole plant will turn back plain.
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,225 Forumite
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    Middlers wrote: »
    Some of the leaves on my variegated Acer are just green (without the whiter edging). Is this a problem?

    Additionally, as the completely green leaves will have more chlorophyll than the variegated ones, those branches will grow more vigorously. You then may well be left with a lopsided tree.

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  • Lord_Gardener
    Lord_Gardener Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    Reversion is often the case with 'Acer', just keep removing the non-variegated parts. NB The growing medium being too fertile can also promote reversion!
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  • Middlers
    Middlers Posts: 509 Forumite
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    Thank you everyone. I will get out there with the pruners now.
    Middlers
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