Good luck with that variegated dewdrop, mine froze to the ground last year and didn't return. Since I'm in the same zone you are, I hope your's does better. I need to go check on the one I rooted, I have no idea if it has come through the winter, but when they get big, they look like a confectionary treat, don't they?

Which type of variegation do you have? The yellow/green variegated Duranta survived temps into the mid-20s for me - I don't know how the green/white variegate would have done under similar circumstances.

The chartreuse to yellow-leafed form is also a knockout.

I have the white and green. I didnt realize they had a chartreuse to yellow form. Sound nice. The white and green go to ground here in 8b/9a, but come back. I also have plain green which is also a nice little shrub, very airy. I will have to check out that yellow.

I would love to see this plant outside! I bought one in ignorance last summer, beautiful thing full of sprays of blue flowers. But I found out (here!) that even though it was sold here in Montreal, it certainly isn't hardy for this climate. But has it ever thrived indoors this winter. I have to prune it all the time. I'll put it out in the garden in the summer. Do you suppose it will bloom again? How big does it get in a garden - out of curiosity?

You are right Eric, the golden varigated form is as pretty or prettier than the white/green. I just found one. Also my cuttings from the green/white that I made last year have returned. Thanks Eric for the info I wouldnt have looked for it.

Gardenweb GPS, I am looking for the right thread for getting advice on espaliering and training my durantas. I am trying to go up the full ten to 12 feet to get the privacy and relief from sun in my dining room and kitchen before I make any major cuts. But in the meantime I am trying to sort of twist it and pin it down flat because it phototrophs and turns in directions I don't want it to go. I found out it is easy to make a wrong cut and lose half the plant! (Fortunately it grows like the Incredible Hulk).

rebaru - my local garden centers sell plants as perennials also that most certainly are not. Seems like everywhere I look this year there are tropical hibiscus being sold as hardy. They aren't cheap either. I even saw two places selling Sago Palms as perennial - Nervy! I anticipate a lot of garden center managers dealing with angry customers next year, if people are smart enough to research why their plants didn't come back that is, and not just blame themselves.