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[Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>]

Like several other plants, they are hard to get going, and then hard  
to get rid of, though I would never want to do that.  Bouquets of them  
on Mother's Day is a long-established tradition in our family.

I have bought a couple of striped-leaf ones in growth in pots, and  
they transplanted well and survived.  Mine are in shade, in sandy acid  
soil, and get some water a few times in the summer when I water the  
rhododendrons. Their leaves are still green, and so are the berries.

 I think a shovelful of them from an established patch would be best  
- not from a plastic package in a garden centre.


Diane Whitehead
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
maritime zone 8, cool Mediterranean climate
mild rainy winters, mild dry summers