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revert
When a plant will return to its original stage. This happens many times with cultivars or varieties that are not stable. I watched over the period of 4-5 years as a Variegated Norway Maple reverted back to green. When I ran a perennial nursery one of my workers found a variegated Daylily Stella D'Oro. We named it "Little Debbie". After one growing season it reverted back to the original type Daylily. It is important to remove the reverting part of the plant, because it is usually more aggressive than the original plant and in time the entire plant will revert back.
This is a Variegated Flowering Maple and one branch is reverting back to green.
Other examples
Dwarf Alberta Spruce  (Picea glauca conica)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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