As with strong foliage colours, trees with variegated foliage work best in the garden when there are few of them.  They are at their most effective when grown apart from others so that their canopies are low and not too far from eye level.

          Acer............................negundo 'Elegans', 'Flamingo'      

          Acer............................................palmatum 'Butterfly'   

          Acer....................................platanoides 'Drummondii'    

          Acer.....................pseudoplatanus 'Gadsby','Leopoldii'  

          Acer...................pseudoplatanus 'Simon-Louis-Freres' 

          Castanea...................sativa 'Albomarginata','Variegata'  

          Cornus........................................alternifolia 'Argentea'   

          Cornus..........controversa 'Marginata Nord' & 'Variegata'   

          Cornus...............................................florida 'Rainbow'         

          Cornus............................................kousa 'Snow Boy'

          Cornus................................................mas 'Variegata'

          Fagus................................sylvatica 'Purpurea Tricolor'

          Ilex..............................aquifolium 'Argentea Marginata'

          Ilex..................................aquifolium 'Aurea Marginata'

          Ilex.........................aquifolium 'Handsworth New Silver'

          Ilex........................................aquifolium 'Silver Queen'

          Ilex......................................aquifolium 'Silver Sentinel'

          Liquidambar..............styraciflua 'Silver King' 'Variegata'

          Liriodendron.......................tulipifera 'Aureomarginatum'

          Photinia...........................................davidiana 'Palette'

          Populus...........................................candicans 'Aurora'

          Prunus.............................................Okame 'Harlequin'

          Quercus.............................................cerris 'Variegata'

          Ulmus...................................minor 'Argenteo-variegata

          Viburnum.........................................tinus 'Variegatum'

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