I should’ve done this or that, but of course, didn’t. Amongst a lengthy list of tasks uncompleted or put off, pruning of the green foliage reversion of this tallest variegated Pieris japonica is nearly inconsequential. When this last branch of variegated foliage is eventually overtaken by more vigorous green growth, it will hardly be missed.

Why? Well, there are other, similar variegated pieris in the garden that are more prominent and without reversion issues. Yes, I should’ve pruned the green growth out years ago when it first became evident. Now, it’s a reminder that not all problems can be shuffled to the next year.

There are several reversions on the red leafed ‘Atrolineare’ Japanese maple (above), though these are few and scattered on the large maple. On a young tree, these must be removed with the possibility that the reversion might dominate, but on this large tree, I have no such concern.

The reversion on the Japanese maple is not as obvious as on the Pieris. Instead of deeply dissected leaves, the foliage is more typical of ‘Bloodgood’ and other common maples. Not terrible, but not ‘Atrolineare’, so I’ll watch to be certain nothing more comes of it.