It is not hardy, unfortunately. Don't let it get any colder than 35F, especially if the soil is wet. Bring it indoors before frost. Josh

I live in zone 7b (Raleigh NC) and keep a large collection in a greenhouse. Fruiting tropicals is possible but you have to keep in mind that plants that come from near the equator are not adapted to long summer days or short winter ones. In the wild they have pretty much 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark all year - so when you put them in a long summer day situation some of them freak out and fail to bloom or fail to set fruit. A lot of the stuff on your list will not require 70 degree winter days, just above 50 usually does it. Citrus should do fine, just remember that most of them have long ripening times - like 14 months for grapefruit. Guavas do fine for me but it is hard to get good ripening on the tree, I have to harvest a little early and let them finish on the kitchen counter (they start to rot in the greenhouse). Bananas and Papayas look great but again, take more than a year to ripen. Figs should handle it fine but keep in mind that some people are sensitive to the latex in their stems and leaves so you wouldn't want to place them where they would get bumped into. Kiwis are gorgeous vines but they have to be pruned all the time or else they'll take over the world.

Jades are able to handle some short times of light frost I've been pushing one potted tester in the current outside cooler Autumn temps it requires mandatory attentiveness on a daily basis drag it in drag it out kept under cover pray for 3 more degrees of day long warmth ect At this time I'm unable to say for fact that cooler temps later in the year are of any speeding up contribution for thickening. Yet will continue with the tester next season as well Watering in cooler temps is said to be a no no. As cooler temps already hold and move more moisture I would agree VERY VERY LITTLE to NO WATER during cooler temps A factor to consider for most any pot grown plant it's natural growing hearty zones and then equalizing that same zone to a pot I assume a general idea and minus two zones during cooler ( less than 50 F) months This equates a zone 8 PIG becomes zone 6 hardy in a pot. Any zone six potted plant equivalent to a zone 8 pig is going to be to cool in a pot. I also add two zones during warmer times of the year ( over 80 F) months the same zone 8 hardy plant is now living in a very close to a zone 10 environment in the same pot. Zone 10 potted for a zone 8 PIG plant then adding sunlight leanght time and UV sometimes 80 F can be to warm If to pig a jade here a zone 8 is still zone 8 all warmer months I'd have to PIG it in April and dig it back out early October to pot it up again After the winter I have to re-transition to out side sun prior to returning it as PIG Transitioning here can SOMETIMES start as early as April early April As it snowed 3 inches on St Patrick day this year with three foot high snow banking seen every where Mid may would be better for PIG jade growing. If we have a drought all summer long season ( like this year) Id' have to dig a jade out and move it because the fact is a drought tolerant plant can only tolerate a drought it cant tolerate and grow at the same time. IMO Even on the best year I get/ have five months with a jade as pig here doesn't seem to be worth it.. No problem Rina A generic response was suspected and is still useful information

A MUST visit for dinner in Vancouver is Vij's. Just the most fabulous place..no reservations and you must get there before they open and stand in line to get a seat and prepare to stay for a long time...not because it's slow, but because you won't want to leave. Seriously, I would (and have) driven 4 hours from Olympia to eat there. Even if you think Indian food isn't your favorite, it's not typical of much Indian food I've eaten and any way you slice it, it's exquisite. Vij's The ferry ride to Bainbridge is great and you can walk on/walk off and take a short walk to downtown (cute shops - great restaurants) for lunch. I'd skip the Bremerton trip myself. But if there is any way to take a ferry ride from Anacortes to Friday Harbor, you should do it. Friday Harbor is very touristy and busy in the summer, but you don't need a car and can walk on (difficult to get on the ferry with a car in the summer without a reservation and it's very expensive). You can find a decent lunch and poke around, then head back. There are whale watching tours from there, too, as well as in Canada. But the beauty is the actual ferry ride through the islands. The Canadian Ferries are wonderful, too, so a ride to anywhere is worth it, if that's a better option. eta: I think I wrote this on the other thread, but the restaurant at Chihuly Gardens is excellent - Collections Cafe - in case you find yourself at the Seattle Center needing lunch or dinner. The gardens are so wonderful at dusk, but in summer that will be very late.