Variegated ivy: Leaves not coloured pink and red this year...

 Last year, I acquired a variegated ivy. Hardly any green was present in the
leaf colour. They were almost entirely coloured in reds pinks and orange.
It was extremely attractive and very unusual. So unusual, in fact that I
cannot find a photo of anything similar, on the internet. Apart from the
colour, the shape of the leaves was very typical of a variegated ivy.

The ivy appeared to die off at the end of the Summer - but then, in the
Spring, it started producing new shoots.

Unfortunately, the new shoots produced what looks much like a typical
variegated ivy, with leaves displaying only shades of green. There is
hardly any pink to be seen anywhere, except on the edges of one or two
leaves.

Can anyone explain this? They are getting exactly the same amount of
sunlight as last year, and the same amount of watering. The only thing I
have changed is the soil. When I optained the ivy it was in a pot, and I
have since replanted them in ordinary garden soil.

Many thanks,

Al

 

Was it dyed?  Watered with something that changed its colour as a
'novelty plant' perhaps?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 
I'd say that when you got the ivy they were under stress which is why
you had the fancy colours, now they are in soil, no stress and so just
normal growth and their natural colour.
Cold weather can also cause the colour change, you get this with
several variegated evergreens suvh as Euonimous Radicans.
David Hill

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Okay - thanks for the info..

Al

 

One of the ivy-leaf pelargoniums always gets a lovely pink tinge to it
in cooler weather but it doesn't usually affect the whole plant in
every leaf.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon