Kristin flower: I had mine in morning (5 or 6 hours) sun when it was in a pot, and the flowers lasted well. There is a little more sun where it is now, but of course, it has not yet flowered in that position, so I can't really judge. I have only buried my bud unions 2-3" deep, and so that's why I am too afraid not to use winter protection. I don't know - maybe Predfern and Twohuskies bury their unions deeper, and because of that, don't winter protect? If I was going to take a chance, it would be with a rose that I don't like anymore, definitely NOT Sharifa Asma LOL Judith

pteroceltis, Yes I'm 100% sure of the name change. As Pam noted, Guy is not found of this name change and neither am I. Quercus texana most commonly referred to Texas Red Oak(Texas Shummard Oak or Rock Oak are a couple of it's other "common" names) in the past and still does in 90% of the nurseries in the state of Texas. Texas Red Oak now goes by Quercus buckleyi. Historically Quercus texana was mistakenly used in a description of Nuttall Oak also, and this was the oldest published record and in 1985 this was purposed by a botanist as the valid name for Nuttall Oak, even though it appears the original publication of Q. texana used for Nuttall Oak in 1860 was done mistakenly. And I believe in 1993 at the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Tokyo, this name change was officially made, but it didn't come into common scientific used until the past 10 years or so and just within the past 4 or 5 years has it become widely used in the nursery industry(mostly outside of the state of Texas). Q. texana wasn't published as the scientific name for Texas Red Oak until 1873, so this is why this a botanist 100 years later decided it needed "correcting". Q. texana has also been published as the scientific name for Chisos Red Oak(aka Graves Oak) in 1918 but this was quickly declared invalid and the accepted and very clear scientific name for that species is Quercus gravesii. The thing that bothers me the most about this, besides the obvious confusion the scientific name change caused, is that now scientific publications, like the Flora of North America, are changing the "common" names to match their new scientific names! If you look up Texas Red Oak in the FNA, you'll find it's "common" name is supposedly Buckley's oak! This is indeed a name used for this tree in parts of Southern Texas, but it's much much more "common" name is Texas Red Oak which is the most widespread vernacular name for this Oak, but it's not even listed as a secondary name for the tree in FNA and other scientific publications! If you look up Nuttall Oak in the FNA, you'll find it's "common" name is Texas Red Oak now! At least they kept Nuttall Oak as a secondary "common" name. I have yet to find a living human being anywhere in the USA that does or has ever called Nuttall Oak by the name of Texas Red Oak! It's completely ridiculous! Just because they changed the scientific names and in that old (1860) publication it's called Texas Red Oak, does not mean that's it common name nor the name in the common vernacular and it shouldn't be changed at all! This is where worse confusion has set in, in my opinion. Now some non-scientific sources and publications are going to these new scientific publications and using the "common" name that's listed there. It's so bad that I virtually have no idea of what Oak someone is selling or talking about if they say it's "common" name is supposedly Texas Red Oak, or if they list it's scientific name as Quercus texana! I think Quercus texana should be declared nomen confusum and just be dropped altogether, thus changing Nuttall Oak back to Quercus nuttallii and keeping Q. buckleyi for the REAL Texas Red Oak. OK, I got to rant on one of my biggest pet peeves, thank you for enduring. :-)

I have bamboo in my garden in Canada. It was given to me by my neighbour who has grown the same stand of bamboo for 20 years. No care is necessary... no mulching, covering etc. It grows to 12' to 14' each year. Has long green leaves & it turns a pretty beige color in the winter, with feathery seed heads at the top.. doesn't flower till late september. We have minus 35 C winters here & it never bothers this bamboo. I would love to get more but don't know the name...it looks a bit like Pseudosasa Japonica, but I'm not sure

Hi Ron: UVM hasn't proven to be much to me use as far as information about maples is concerned (that's not that surprising as they can't have experts on everything). However, their extension publication "Landscape plants for Vermont" doesn't even mention Acer griseum, which is a little surprising considering some of the other maples listed. I will, as you suggest, enquire on the Trees forum and let you know what I find out. Neil