Yes, I am fairly convinced that it is Actinidia arguta : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinidia_arguta Now that I suspect it is this type of plant, I can investigate pruning and proper care. Thanks very much for the answers! bg Here is a link that might be useful: Wikipedia page on Actinidia arguta

As I'm sure we all know, but I'm just stating it to make this post clearer: weather is an exact science from moment to moment - it is or isn't raining, it is or isn't hot, etc. Climate on the other hand, is an attempt to define a general truth about weather over time - which is why the plant hardiness zone maps are periodically revised. But it is basically impossible to define climate, because weather can be "freakish." I'm of the opinion that the Central Florida disparities arise from the Tampa area because of Tampa Bay. The 2006 arborday.org zone map (link below to download a version that can be enlarged) shows a Zone 10 area extending inland from Tampa Bay. The USDA cleverly, if you will allow me to say so, has avoided a detailed zone map of Florida. My apologies, but since GardenWeb only allows us one link per post, that reference is here: http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/Maps.aspx Florida isn't available in the States dropdown. I think that the arborday.org map is more accurate in terms of the influence of Tampa Bay - more accurate, not exact, not most correct, nor anything like that. But IF the Zone 10 area exists, then one can easily see how confusion arises when including the Tampa area in Central Florida discussions. I have to laugh about this because the Tampa area is "Central Florida!" Geographically speaking Tampa is in Central Florida. But in terms of climate zone, maybe it isn't. Accurate statements that apply to plants in two different zones cannot be made*. This is why I believe that even though the Tampa area is IN Central Florida, it isn't Central Florida for the purposes of plant discussions. I feel like a Lewis Carroll character talking to Alice, but hopefully I'm being clearer than that. *It is difficult enough to make accurate statements about plants in the same zone. Here is a link that might be useful: The 2006 arborday.org zone map download

Keiko2, I am growing one in my natural bog (read standing water after Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne) and it is in full sun and never gets any fertilizer and it has the variegation on perhaps 75% of the leaves. The other is in full sun in a container in a container pond and never gets fertilized either and has NO variegation The third is in half day sun and DOES get fertilized and also has no variegation. I will quit fertilizing that one and see what happens! Thanks! etropicals, I only got my variegated X's about a month ago, 3 small plants, but one has already produced an additional 3 offsets and more than doubled in size and had to be stepped up from a 1 gal to a 3 gal container. I think I will keep them containerized over the winter and perhaps plant one out next spring. This plant seems pretty rare, do you know where it originaled from? Is it a natural variegation or did someone hybridize it?

Patrick, I try to be serious when I post information. I would hope it's correct. I feel bad when I give someone bad info. It ends up to be mind-boggling to me. I know there is so much confusion in naming them, as I have bought a few that were sold as one thing and then I ended up having, sometimes, two or more of the same one. I then pot them up together. Then down the road, I discover that they are not the same. When that happens I just leave them alone, take out the name tag, and note it in my database what it was sold as.