Picta/pictum/pictus Painted; often a variegated or multicolored plant.
Pilose Shaggy with soft hairs.
Pinching back Nipping off the very tip of a branch or stem. Pinching promotes branching, and a bushier, fuller plant ...
This cultivar 'Mediopicta' has stunning variegated cream and pale green foliage. The pointed Agave-like leaves are without spines and quite soft which makes them a safe plant to use in a garden.
Ribbon grass (Phalaris arundinacea 'Picta') and blue fescue (Festuca ovina) are part of compositions featuring foxglove, sedum, aster, spurge, astilbe, black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida), delphinium, bleeding heart, ...
Dieffenbachia picta
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Kerria japonica ‘Picta' (Japanese kerria)
5 feet tall; 3 feet wide
Pale green stems hold attractive double-serrate, variegated leaves edged in white with single yellow flowers in spring through summer.
'Picta' has neat variegated foliage with white-edged leaves, while 'Kin Kan' has striped green and yellow stems. (Unfortunately, both 'Picta' and 'Kin Kan' have a tendency to revert to their 'normal' green selves.) ...
To build informal edges that cover areas rapidly, use easily divided perennials such as colorful coral bells cultivars (Heuchera sp.), dwarf yellow-green hosta `Chartreuse Wiggles,' small Japanese painted fern (Athyrium picta), ...
The summer and fall flowering of Kerria japonica' 'Picta' is but a faint echo of this deciduous shrub's floriferous spring bloom, but set against the still-bright variegated foliage, it creates a highlight for the shade garden.
Pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis)
Ribbon Grass (Phalaris arundinacea var. picta)
Thyme (Thymus sp.)
Aaron's Beard (Hypericum calycinum)
Asiatic Jasmine (Trachelospermum asiaticum)
Mondo Grass (Ophiopogon japonica)
Santolina (Santolina sp.) ...
albopicta
Hosta fortunei var. aureomarginata
Hosta undulata var. univittata
Ilex x altaclerensis 'Golden King'
Ilex aquifolium 'Ferox Argentea'
Ilex aquifolium 'Handsworth New Silver'
Iris pseudacorus 'Variegata' ...
 See also: Plant, Grow, Flower, Variegate, Variegated
  
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