Given that I'm in a climate zone where these things do well, I'm probably not the best person to give advice. But I can endorse the idea of Chilean guava in a pot. Mine was permanently outdoors of course, but it flowered and fruited fine for several years before I was able to plant it in the garden. The flowering is late enough that it won't be troubled by being indoors etc until the frosts have passed, and it doesn't require a long season to fruit. I don't know what level of frost it will tolerate - certainly some, but the places it grows best are cool and windy, so not frosty. There is also at least one feijoa variety that can be grown and fruited in a pot (the self-fertile Unique), but it is probably still too big to be moved inside, unlike the Chilean guava which is small. I don't have the space for kiwifruit or the climate for pomegranate (not hot enough in summer), so I can't help with those.

somewhat more accurate still, large parts of coastal Denmark are solidly zn 8; Copenhagen's record low is 0F which is better than all but a handful of locations north of the NC/VA state line. Even in Gdansk, south of a part of the Baltic which can partly freeze, the all time record low is only -10F..."warmer" than Washington, DC's. This isn't to say, as NJoasis points out, that every subtropical plant will be easy to grew in coastal NW Europe. Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.sequimrareplants.com/picture gallery/European Hardiness Zone Map.html This post was edited by davidrt28 on Fri, Mar 15, 13 at 9:58

Kelly, When I hear Quietness mentioned, I have to chime in. Quietness is my favorite rose. It has everything. Bear in mind our zone differences, but you may be able to glean something of use to you. My recommendations to you are based on them being tip hardy for me just like Quietness. They are: Earth Angel*, Polar Express, Quick Silver, Dee-Lish, the Drift roses, Pink Climbing Don Juan, Lady Ashe, and of course, Quietness. These have proven winter hardy to their tips for me without protection, ever. *protected year #1. Everything else I grow is either too new to make a sure statement about, or not winter protected for the first time this current winter, always protected in the past, a test of their garden worthiness since I will no longer winter protect roses. Keep a look out for ADR ascribed roses. They are proven hardy and disease resistant to at least zone 6. If a rose is not entirely tip hardy for you without protection, and even dies back to half over winter, that dieback may still be less than you planned to spring prune, so that rose is a keeper....that is, as long as it puts on noticeable size every year until it reaches its mature, equilibrium size in your garden. Some mature and younger bush hopefuls I have that will either prove to be tip hardy as time will tell, now that no future winter protection will be provided, or at least be hardy enough, having inconsequential dieback, no more than I would usually spring prune anyway, are: Julia Child, Sweet Fragrance, Pope John Paul II (strong doubts), Pretty Lady Rose, Princess Charlene of Monaco, Milwaukee's Calatrava, Moonlight Romantica, Scepter'd Isle, Sister Emmanuelle, Purple Prince (Brindabella), Dame de Coeur, Chantal Merieux, Miranda Lambert, and Apricot Candy. I think some of these will be excellent survivors, but most will die out. Moses

I'm just now getting caught up on this, and I found a lot of music that I love! Here's one from Nina Hagen, with simple lyrics: Mama, wer ist denn da? Mama, ist es Papa? Das lass ihn wieder rein Er siehst so einsam aus Mama schmeiß ihn nicht raus! Du, hilf ihm aus dem Mantel Fehlt'n Knopf, näh ihn gleich an! Frag ihn ob er Hunger hat Und ob er bleiben kann S-s-sagt er dann mit feuchtem Blick Für immer käme er Heim in das Familienglück Und gäb es nie mehr her Zeig ihm seinen Sessel Der so lange, lange, lange in Feindschaft lebt! Note: There are more lyrics, but this is as much as I could find on line.