Hi Moonie, Here is the link to my root pruning... I sure hope this helps... Your tree is looking great to all of us Plumeria Lovers!!! Some of mine are so ugly, they are "cute.." : ) I have one tree "Pele" that looks like it went through a nuclear meltdown when the temps were Ahhh... very hot in the greenhouse last year.. Won't mention any names.. Cough, cough... He is still in the dog house for that one.. : ) I now have the temps under control.. This was the only one that looks bad.. So, your tree looks great to me too! : ) You are so right about our temps here.. We can have cool temps and then extreme heat. That is why you need to be careful to acclimate your trees in the spring. It sounds like you have a great handle on yours!! Good Luck and keep us posted!! Rachel, You are so kind to say.... Thank you!!! So nice to say those comments. I am still learning. We will always continue to search for all of the answers.. and hopefully apply what we learn and see the "rewards" from our beloved trees and plants. They tell us if we are doing a good job!! : ) Just remember its the learning climb to the top to get us to where we want to be.. I hope it takes me a long time to get there.. I always want to be on the climb up and keep learning... I hope everyone has a wonderful evening!!! Laura Here is a link that might be useful: Taking A Bare Rooted Tree....

Pick up the plant, open the door, and walk outside holding it. Now it's outside! Put it in a place where it will get some shade. I usually start plants outside on the front stoop which is on the north side of the house. After they've been there for a week or so, they can move to a sunnier spot. Don't worry about temperatures unless the forecast low is below 30°F. If it looks like it will get that cold, bring it back inside. Given the amount of moving I've done to plants over the years, I personally don't believe normal, non-ficus plants have any ability to be shocked by temperature changes. They can get sunburned, and they can get frozen by temperatures below their ability to handle. Anything else isn't a concern.

Wow Jane !! You racked up :>) Very nice finds. Let me tell ya'll something else I found out about Goodwill today. David and I had gone to a little restaurant in town to eat lunch and there's a Goodwill store next door to it that I had never been in. Went in and looked around, and found a really cute little soup tureen with oak leaves and acorns on it and the gravy boat to match. Both were from Home Goods. Since we don't have a Home Goods store here, I assume they were ordered from a catalog ? The tureen was $3.00 and the gravy boat was $2.99. Well then I spotted this gorgeous set of china. It was a fully complete service for 12 and it was $30.00 ! I didn't want to spend that much with the dish Nazi with me :>( While I was paying for the tureen and gravy boast, I jokingly told the cashier that if she would come down on that set of china I would buy it. She told me to show her which set I was talking about and if it had been there longer than 7 days, she could go down on the price ! I got the tureen,gravy boat and china for a grand total of $21.78 !!! So, the next time you're in Goodwill, ask if they do the same thing. All they can tell you is "no,we don't", and if they do, then you don't have to wait until half off days !! Susan

I think your "dresser" is wonderful. There is an article in today's paper about furniture finding new functions. It is very interesting with some wonderful pictures. You could use it in your foyer as well. It reminds me of part of a bedroom suite my DD has and no longer wants. If we ever move nearer them I have dibs on it to use along with my MIL's twin 4 poster beds in our MBR. My DH can't imagine twin beds in a Master but I don't care about what people normally have in their MBR. We don't turn in at the same time and I thrash around in bed so separate beds are a must. Use it where ever you have the most need for it, am sure it will be lovely. I wonder if the design was also on the lower drawer before someone stripped it and perhaps sanded down the "evidence"? Dorothy