Hi Karen, Would you be interested in a Tibouchina rooted cutting or a Duranta erecta 'Variegata' rooted cutting? By the way thank you for the Daydream Brugmansia seed. It is now about 12" tall and do great:) Denise

atheris, Hi I like my username too :P. Well, I used to live in Louisiana and have a night/moon garden and grow lots of jasmine thus the name. However, now I've moved to the desert and it is in no way sultry, so I guess I should change it to dried up_desert_jasmine lol! I also have the arabian tea jasmine. I love it. It gives good daytime fragrance and blooms alot. Have you ever made/had jasmine tea? They are really easy to start from cuttings. The *new* tank idea sounds great too. I can see how I could get hooked on making those! Your snake is gonna be spoiled :D Do you have any photos of your snake? I wanna see her. How big is she now? Do you feed her frozen pinkies or large mice? Ok enough with the questions lol. To answer yours dh is a connotation people use on gw to refer to dear hubby or the better/worse half lol. karyn, Funny how the guys are the ones who don't like snakes. I'm not sure why mine hates them so much, he grew up in the desert so had friends that got bit by rattlers and such so... One time we were dove hunting and a rattle snake struck the back of his hiking boot. Luckily it didn't go all the way through. I love snakes though, spiders too but not the poisonous ones. I had the coolest yellow and black Orb Weaver guarding my bananas last summer. jblaschke, I agree that biodegradable would probably rot in a wet enviornment. What about clay/terra cotta? they are porous so moss could grow on the outside. The inside could be sealed (pruning seal spray works good for that- but would let it air out a few days before placing in the tank) so roots couldn't adhere. Not sure about the terracotta-just an idea. Probably should be careful of the clay pots made in Mexico though, because some mexican clay pottery contains lead. I am not sure what lead could do to a snake but it prob isn't good. ~SJN

As usual, I am jealous of your plants. My Jade was grown from seed, and has not bloomed yet. It is pretty mature and twenty feet plus up into trees but no blooms at all. I am certain the seed grown ones take longer to bloom but enough is enough. I figured this spring for sure, but no signs yet. Mine should have bloomed earlier than yours, so maybe I am out of luck. Maybe the greenhouse is allowing it to bloom earlier? You ought to save that pic, it almost captures the true to life color, and many pics of this vine do not. As always, your plants are awesome. Bill

I know it will root in water or soil...i guess i will just have to try a bunch of cuttings in different ways and see what roots. I just didnt want to waste what few pieces i have left. The plant has been uprooted and has roots like a tree showing now. The are huge! But it is still rooted in the ground. So I dont want to dig it up. It bloomed under the tree is is planted under..but now the tree is nearly all gone..so it is now in nearly full sun. So maybe it will die,or grow even more! I usually have to cut it back severely 4 times a year! And it still blooms in October like clockwork. But this year..I dont know. Well I will try to root in water and in soil and see what happens. Might even try an air layer...wrap some spaghnum moss around a stem and wrap it in foil or plastic and see if it roots. Got to try something.