Here's some pots of plants excavated from the ground to huddle inside while it's too cold. Then back outside in the spring! Sorry the pics are small, Imageshack is doing that. Maybe you can get a bigger version clicking on them, I can't figure it out. I thought there were too many pics for individual posts... Begonias, Hemigraphis, the Tradescantia pallida is hardy but the above-ground parts are lost to frost. Might as well start new plants with them over winter. Sans, more Begonia, Tradescantia, ZZ, Callisia fragrans: Begonia, Aglaonema, misc cuttings. Rex Begonia vine cuttings put in water for a few weeks until roots appeared, Brugmansia cutting, Tradescantia 'Red Hill.' The 2 pots on the left are from a recent trade but the pot on the right is excavated ground plants, Sans, Coleus, Callisia fragrans, another Begonia. Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' with Tradescantia cuttings. Couple of Aglaonemas, Begonias. More Ags and Tradescantia. These 2 Ags are losing some leaves over this, the hardest adjustment (apparent so far) of any of them. I left the soon-to-be-lost leaves on, on purpose. These were desperately thirsty when I dug them up, that probably didn't help.

Hello Paalexan ... "The short version of all those disagreements being that whenever you have high hobbyist interest in a taxonomic group, some of the hobbyists want to recognize all variation at the species level, which leads to large numbers of spurious species." I agree but at the same time taxa are being divided by new data which in a morphological or better yet a "visual sense" are very simalar .. example : the breakup of the genus Opuntia. This makes new taxa a bit "spurious" to the serious hobbyist. Also .. I think ... the motivation to accept new nomenclature differs between taxonamist and hobbyist. To the taxonamist new names often demonstrate scientific progress of some kind .. to the hobbyist confusion as to who is called what now ?? To the hobbyist the cost of accepting new names are not justified by the benafits. In this sense the taxonamist is the "splitter" and creator of too many "needless" taxa. In addition groups like Cactii and Orchids are also fairly complex in morphology and have been researched considerably more then other taxa and to no ones fault one would expect a long nomenclatural history. All this is complicated by variabilty introduced by cultivation. Lastly .. Who really is the taxonamist ? Does anyone or a single group really have the final word ? A hobbyist could very well bethe "expert". I would guess that in many groups of plants it is much easier for a single expert or small group of experts to agree and set nomenclature. In other popular groups of plants their is a very large audience that needs to agree on who is called what and why. More chance for disagreements and even intentional "revolts" against name changes. Just some more thoughts ... good chatting with you .. thanks for the Journal references ... very helpful !! Good Day ...

I've been searching online all morning, and I think Portulaca Pilosa might be my guy. I'm amazed to have found it in a field wild though. Not because it's rare or anything, just weird to find something useful and have it survive transplant. Thanks for the search support. Drives me nuts when I don't know what to call a new plant. Here is a link that might be useful: portulaca pilosa

I have the sensitive briar growing in 8a-b. I think their are different varieties of it. I had a horrid variety when living in Hawaii. It is considered a pernicious weed their. It sends out rooting runners from a central deep taproot and stays low to the ground sending thorny arms everywhere. It can not be chopped with a lawnmowers since the arms are often below the sod. It is a thorny bane to all barefooters and we are many in Hawaii. We used to shake our heads at the touristas that thought it such an exotic plant and would buy them to take home. Then I moved to Central Texas and met their well behaved cousin for sale in a Native Nursery. I like them now. They grow wild on my land. They do not take over. I let them go. My girl friends in Hawaii think I am crazy now too. I would NEVER take the type that has invaded there home.