Get added interest from Variegated plants

WHILE the majority of the plants in our gardens have leaves that are a single colour, others stand out from the crowd due to their two-tone or multicoloured foliage. And although it is shrubs that most commonly exhibit this characteristic, variegated plants come in all manner of forms, including trees, perennials, bulbs, grasses – even succulents.

The most common type of variegation is bi-coloured and it generally consists of green alongside either white, cream or yellow. But a whole range of other colours can appear, from purple and pink to red and orange. In some plants,