Dieffenbachia 'Tropic Snow'
Tropic Snow Dumb Cane
UK price
£5 to £25
Estimate
Price by size
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About Dieffenbachia 'Tropic Snow'
Tropic Snow grows considerably taller than most Dieffenbachia cultivars, reaching well over 6 feet with maturity, and carries heavily variegated leaves in silver, cream, and green with irregular blotchy patterning less uniform than Camille's clean centre-stripe pattern. A floor-specimen choice for anyone with the vertical space to let it mature.
Native range
Commercial Dieffenbachia breeding line hybrid; exact parentage not publicly documented.
Classification
- Genus
- Dieffenbachia
- Family
- Araceae
- Type
- Hybrid
- Growth habit
- Upright, tall, cane-forming
Morphology
- Leaf shape
- Broadly ovateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base.
- Leaf length
- 30-45cm
- Leaf width
- 15-22cm
- Petiole colour
- Green
- Venation
- PinnateVeins or lobes arranged like a feather, branching out symmetrically on both sides of a single main central vein.
- Texture
- Semi-glossy
- Variegation
- Heavily variegated in silver, cream, and green with irregular blotchy patterning
- Growth habit
- Upright, tall cane
Recent UK sales
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For sale in the UK
Before you buy
- Confirm the plant is on a genuinely tall, floor-specimen trajectory; mature Tropic Snow can exceed 6 feet, considerably taller than most Dieffenbachia cultivars
- Check the pattern is irregular and blotchy in silver, cream, and green; a cleaner centre-stripe pattern suggests Camille or a similar cultivar mislabelled as Tropic Snow
- Sap contains calcium oxalate crystals, a genuine mouth/throat irritant if chewed; standard Dieffenbachia caution applies around pets and children
- Ensure you have the vertical space before buying; this is not a compact desk plant