Clyde >Couldn't resist buying B. macrophylla 'Variegated' today. I have killed it >only twice so now is the watershed time. How do you grow it? Does it need a >lot of sun? Water? Shade? Fertilizer? I grow it in 1/2 shade....fairly dry conditions. I don't fertilize. It is stunning both in bloom and out. It probably would be most happy if it had a little more moisture.....though I would guess that too much winter moisture would be the death of it. Jean Bawden-Madison,Wi