This is for Itzy.... Carnivorous plants are very interesting and easy to grow if you just follow some easy tips. 1. Don't ever fertilize them. 2. Use soil that has no nutrients or minerals in it like peat moss (not the miracle grow kind, it has fertilizer in it.) 3. Full sun is best. They like light and lots of it. 4. Keep the soil wet at all times, use the tray method and keep it filled at all times 5. Use distilled or rain water, tap water is very bad for em. Other than that, you're good to go! If you need any additional info, this is a good site: http://www.carnivorousplants.org/howto/ Good luck!

Nothing out of the ordinary. The first flowers are usually all male, so they don't set fruit anyway. The fruit is not dwarfed due to a too small vine unless the vine itself is stunted from disease or poor nutrition. BTW, if you don't know about male and female flowers, the females have an ovary--looks like a miniature melon--below the petals; the males do not. They only produce pollen. When you see a female flower you will know what I mean.

Field, I was also interested in this knowing about this! I've seen several roses listed in European catalogs and I'm wondering which ones ship to the US and what's the procedure for this. Any additonal info is appreciated.

Another sad update, my cutting didn't make it :( We had a day where some rain blew under the verandah where they were and the soil must have gotten a touch too damp, because it started to go brown a few days later. All the other cuttings I had in the same spot were fine and are all leafing up nicely, such a shame! I'm actually about to move to NZ (long story...) and while I'm devastated to leave the roses here (especially my Teas), I'm sure there will be lots of rosy opportunities in NZ! I'm going to create another thread asking for recommendations for a slightly colder zone, as I have never had to deal with frost before! I can only hope that this Rookwood rose recovers from its brutal pruning and shoots again next year, perhaps I'll get some holiday time to come back and check on it!