i sent a link to frank.. aka starterdude... he will know what to do

sport.. as its used in hostadom.. is not used the same way in other plants ....

since i i am so biased toward hosta.. i cant wrap my head around the other way of thinking about it.. others will tell you

ken

Might be a sport. If you have a decent botanical garden near you the curator may be interested in propagating it, but no guarantee it will be stable.

Dan

Thakns Ken - I will be interested to hear what he says. Also, as far as a decent botanical garden, Morris Arboretum is closest, but I am about 90 min from Longwood gardens. Should I email them the photos?

Thnaks in advance!

Alexa

Should I email them the photos?

Why not? Can't hurt.

Dan

As I mentioned on the hosta forum, I suspect it's Spirea Anthony Waterer, which is known to throw variegated branches on a routine basis. Google got lots of pix.

My flaming mound spirea does this.

here is what frank said:

Ken,
Spirea is very easy to root. Usually only takes a week to ten days. You could cut the top off a plastic milk. You just need to keep the humidity until they root then gradually reduce the humidity. Don't put in full sun.

Frank

so gall milk jug.. sterilize 10 % bleach .... some sterilized media ... and a gal baggie.. insert damp media ... use a blade to cut the long into about 4 inch section ... rootone if you have some.. baggie on top.. in full shade.. but bright ...

in 2 weeks.. gently pull on one. and see if media starts to pull also..

what he didnt mention is what type of wood .... probably not the lush spring growth .... or it will just rot ... or timing ...

ken

My Anthony Waterer Spirea is doing this this season. Some shoots are entirely white, and many are a swirled mix of green and white. Very cool!

I just noticed my Goldflame spirea is doing it, too:

And that one Anthony Waterer spirea is interesting. It has a few all-white branches, plus several with various patterns of white (some with outer edges, some 1/2 and 1/2, etc.). They're evenly spaced throughout the bush: