That is so cool! Even better than variegated St. Augustine grass.

Please keep in mind that it's a category 1 invasive, not allowed to be sold in Florida. Hopefully, the plant police will not come jerk it up out of your yard. My neighbor had one knocked over during Charley, and she couldn't get a landscape company anywhere to put it back up for her.

I'm not too worried about the plant police around here. Besides, anything I would consider invasive I grow in large containers.
Randy

Is this one invasive like it's non-variegted cousin? Sure is cool. But I hate those trees so probably wouldn't grow it, invasive or not. Asps seem to love them. We got stung all the time as kids when we would grab handfuls of the berries to throw at each other. Tally HO!

It's probably just as invasive as the non-variegated type even though there is no other Chinese Tallow Tree in the area.
Randy

I saw a seedling of one of these only once in my area. It came up in my husbands grandmothers flower bed here in SW Louisiana. I wish I had dug it up and saved it. One of her great-grandsons ending up mowing it down...Yes, Tallows are quite prolific lol... In some cultures it has been a very important source of wax and oil AND feeds more birds during the winter than any other winter plant species.

Randy,

Where is the tree located?

Nelson

In SC, we use the berries to decorate wreaths at Christmas. We call it "popcorn", so I've always called them popcorn trees. Down here, the berries get black from mildew, and you have to bleach them to use them. Too much trouble! They're grown near Charleston, SC, because the coast is the only place they'll survive. I heard a bad cold snap killed all of them a few years back.

It is located in Titusville....
Randy

Randy,

Seeds from this tree should be 100% variegated! Could you collect a bunch and send some down to Texas???

Leslie (a variegated nut too!)

That is cool, I have found several variegated seedlings over the years but all outgrew their variegation.

Eric
Orlando,FL z9b

if possible, i would like to get ahold of two or three seeds mr randy. my address is 23373 mcphail farm road, florala, al. 36442. thank you, wm

I thought of you today, Randy, when I was out weeding and came across a variegated japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica). Cut away the plain green parts, and thought I'd try to pot it up after we get a little more rain (supposed to pour tomorrow. Yaay!) Not sure whether I dislike the chicken trees or the honeysuckle more--I'm pretty vigilant about the chicken trees and get them before they get too big to pull, but they are crowding out the natives all over. On the other hand, they do color beautifully in the fall, unlike much of anything else. The honeysuckle is a constant problem, much harder to get under control in my yard. I've always heard variegated plants were less vigorous than their plain green forms; wouldn't this be true of these?