Froggie looks like he could use something to eat :)

The Netherlands. Where I live, in nature, these conifers grow well (regenerate naturally): - All Pacific NW species - Picea abies - Picea omorika - Picea glauca - Scots pine - Austrian pine - Corsican pine is tricky, but regenerates till here and there) - Abies alba - Abies grandis - Quercus rubra - Prunus serotina - Fagus sylvatica - Quercus robur etc. all do well. - Figs are tried, but die in colder winters. The climate is very mild for the norhern lattitude but not ass mild as in the UK or western USA. The coldest wintermonths (records) are like a normal one in Calgary (-7.0 C as average). The wamrest summermonth ever had 22 C as an average temp. normally that is the average daytime max of the warmest month. Tropical night (minimum 20 C or more) have never been recorded since 1997 on my weatherstation. In summer, the nights are 12 C on average. Frost ends in may and starts in october. Snowfall are very varied. Some winters will have 90% snowcover, no snow has never been recorded but exceptionally some winters will have only a day or two with snowcover. What might be the biggest problem is that cold winters are really bonedry, with a lot of sun and prolonged periods below zero. A last example: in some months the temperature simply never gets above zero.Very exceptional but it happens....and those months can have no precipitation and lots of sun... So that is how it is, I tried to focus on what might kill the tree hence the extremes. Thx a lot for your info!

Thanks, everyone. Dreamcicle Supreme is only in its second year, and yes, it does have nice substance and a decent amount of budding for a transplant. Once the tree frogs show up, I usually find at least one each day. Sorry I forgot to mail you one, Lisa! African Grape is such a great plant. Compared to most of the Munsons I grow, it's very vigorous. The color is steadfast and really doesn't have a red tint to the purple. I highly recommend that one. Chris

Don't know what sort of cold tolerance they have, can you find out from the supplier? Many plants sold these days are hybrids and their tolerances would vary. Water at the bottom of the pond (where the tubers are) would be colder without any circulation going on. With the above ground pond you could probably rig up some sort of solar water heater. The water would probably retain enough warmth over night until sun up when it would start to warm up again.