Lithocarpus edulis 'Variegata' Check with George grown from a single golden-topped

grown from a single golden-topped plant found in Calhoun County on the Texas coast

undemanding

small ornamental grasses

and site the tree where the silver undersides and the copper spring flush can be seen up close

Photo courtesy of Bob Gutowski

Lithocarpus edulis 'Variegata' Check with George grown from a single golden-toppedA broadleaf evergreen with a story, this variegated tanbark oak came into the country from Japan through the late Dr. Fred Meyer of the United States National Arboretum, a botanist and tireless plant explorer, and was almost certainly first offered to American gardeners by Woodlanders. The draw is the foliage: dense, leathery, glossy leaves, each dark green blade split by an irregular central streak of gold and cream, so that a whole tree seems lit