I have been into variegated plants, thinking that they were perhaps a little less vigorous than their all-green counterpoints. Let me tell you that the pale color seems to add a never-stop-growing, invasive, seed-around quality. Sue is right about the variegated vinca . . . it never seems to stop, not even under drought conditions and covers everything. A variegated eupatorium is all over the garden. I should have been suspicious of the plant when I bought at Collectors Garden one September. The plant was heavily cut back, and I assumed that was to prune out any vagrant all-green shoots. It grows about 12 feet tall here. Then there's the variegated money plant which I absolutely cannot eradicate. I'm glad I didn't try to buy some of Barry Yinger's variegated poison ivy. Listen to Jane, Cathy, she has he right ideas on what to plant. I can only tell you what to stay clear of, and would add wild strawberries to the list. Kathy Andersen Wilmington, Delaware