Very pretty! I love variegated plants of any sort and that's a real beauty.

I planted a tiny indoor palm just for the fun of it, in one of my garden beds. It's becoming a multi-trunked bully that I may have to take out soon. Ain't it great to garden in CA?

I have one in the ground too that came with our house. I love it, so easy to care for, and evergreeen, nice barrier, grows by a fence, and taller and blocks a neighbor's shed.

I have an indoor one too with the same variegated leaves as yours. It's not doing as well as I don't think I'm as good of a gardener as good ol Mother Nature. ;)

I'm thinking of trying to propogate them for house-warming gifts and such. Anyone tried this and know the best way? I stuck one cutting in water to see if it will root, if not, I'll try rooting hormone and potting soil next.

Stem cuttings will root but be sure you get a stem or branch rather than a leaf petiole. I took one once and put it in water. It soon rooted but when I planted it, nothing happened. So the leaves by themselves can root, but they won't grow.

I had to toss out a plant similar to the one in the photo but not variegated a couple months ago. It had been taken over by some darn scale bugs. I tried spraying with two organic bug-killers, but I couldn't get rid of them.

My folks had some of these growing beside the house when I was growing up. They were near the pool so they got lots of extra water that we splashed and in those days the gardener washed the walk down with water. Then it became unacceptable to wash down with water anymore and the poor things died for lack of water. What a shame too. They were the biggest I have ever seen and we could actually climb them to get to the second story of the house where there was a little balcony! Each "umbrella" of leaves would have 20 or more giant leaves. It was a remarkable plant.
Keep the roots a little on the wet side all summer and it will really thrive.

Stan how long ago did you plant that? It looks fantastic.

I bought three 1-gal variegated Arboricolas and planted them in a sunny border spring of 2007. I am hoping to form a hedge. I bought a 1-gal green Arboricola and planted it in a container at roughly the same time. The green one is already 4-5 ft, while the variegated are 18" in the same exposure??? I also noticed that I am getting some leaf curl on the variegated ones. I am hoping that they will take off now that it is starting to warm up.

Thats not my plant,but a neighbors.I do though have one nearly as large. Mine is covered or blocked by the other front yard plants for a good picture. The variegated can take alot of sun but,full sun might be too much sun.The one pictured as you can see is shaded a good amount of the time by the Condo's. But they do need quite a bit of light to grow big and dense.It's a balance you have to work on. I think light shade would be the best exposure.

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My friend cut off one leaf with stem for me about 15 years ago. I stuck it in a pot of dirt, and it has grown several feet tall several times. When it reaches the ceiling I cut it off, put that part in the dirt in the pot, and it keeps growing! I do not have a green thumb, so it must be an easy plant to keep around.

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That AND each post in its own frame so that one large picture didn't screw up the entire thread (I have a small screen that I sit well back from and have to hit ctrl+ several times to make text legible on most websites).

I really get a kick out of watching plants considered houseplants in much of the rest of the country grow into good sized trees or shrubs (schefflera, norfolk island pine, rubber trees, etc.).

Ryan