Four of the most-traded variegated Syngonium, ranked by how they actually behave in a real growing space.
The benchmark white-variegated podophyllum, with crisp sectoral patches that can take half a leaf at a time. It's a fast, forgiving grower once rooted, and unlike many albos it holds variegation reasonably well across cuttings if you propagate from balanced nodes. Expect the occasional all-green run; chop back to a variegated node and it usually corrects. The leaves get larger and more mature-shaped on a moss pole, which is when this plant actually earns its price.
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