Sue, thanks for article link. I just looked at glads I lifted and they don't have second corm under old one. They have plenty of little bulbels. Assume I leave the roots on but just clean off dirt? Never dug them up for storage before but they were in container that I needed it for planting Spring blooming bulbs...LOL. I have another batch of fluttery white with burgundy centers (Acidanthera)whose foliage were strangled by a wandering Morning Glory on steroids all summer but survived like troopers. When I dug them they also had tons of little bulbels around original corm but no second corm. What gives with my bulbs...LOL. I know I can buy more next year but I get idiotically attached to my plants once they've bloomed. Too painful to toss them. I've got a laundry basket full of Daffodil bulbs I dug up in Spring because I needed to rearrange them after planting perennials and annuals. Just couldn't toss them. They've been sitting all summer/early fall in that laundry basket lined with punctured newspaper in potting soil. When I took off overturned laundry basket I had on them to keep out excessive moisture I found a mass of new foliage peeking out from the potting soil. It looks like a little sea of Daffodils just waiting to burst into bloom next Spring! Thinking of having someone just hold one side, lift the entire mass and plant them in pile of organic top soil I have and then I can divide them carefully next year. (yeah, right) If I slice into that mass now it's likely I'll "slice and dice" the way I've done with Daffs in ground when planting new tulips last month. Tulips in amended clay from last year had disintegrated so glad I bought new ones just in case that was what I found when I lifted their bulb cages. Tulips are the only bulbs I'd be truly upset about moles, voles or some other creature eating. I'm wondering how many people I can scare the pants off of or really perplex by storing these glad corms/bulbs in pantyhose hanging from hooks with gardening tools along inside of garage...LOL. Love gladiolus...they're such a pretty piece of the season's succession of blooming beauties.

Thanks everyone for your responses. I do not know what roses I am growing. I tried to identify them this last summer over at the Rose ID forum, but didn't get any results. Two are ramblers (same variety) and the others are bushes. I guess I'll just wait until spring to see whether they drop their leaves or not. This is the first year I've ever really paid attention to the roses, so that explains my inexperience. york_rose, I'm not sure about what you mean about "four honest to god seasons," but I'm pretty sure we do have four seasons. We have a hot, dry June with monsoons the rest of summer, a mild fall, cold winter, and mild spring. dimitrig, it's a common misconception that all of Arizona is desert. I live in the mountains of Arizona, at 6,400 feet. We get several feet of snow each winter, and yes, experience sub-zero temperatures at least once a year. This year we got to -13 at the beginning of January and -9 just a few days ago, with several nights at similar temperatures.

Our zones are similar. You can keep the pots outside all winter. If you know it's going to get below 20 one night, bring them in a garage or other unheated room. Then bring them out again. Water at least once a week. Also keep them in a sheltered spot close to the house so they will be protected against wind and will stay warmer. You can still plant anytime the ground is not frozen. I just planted 3 potted roses 2 weeks ago. Are these bare root or potted?

Hello Everyone, Hi Karen!!! My Adeniums are all inside since early November and they have dropped a few leaves, moreso than during the normal growing season. They all are still active and they are blooming as well. I do have them under lights and when they finally do show signs of going dormant, i will then put them aside and let them rest along with my Plumeria. I do give them less water in the winter, but they do get more attention then the Plumeria during the dormant cycle. Sounds good radovan!! Congratulations on having blooms up in Canada!! That is wonderful!!! : ) Take care everyone, Laura