I'm attempting this with a narrow hedge of mixed camellias, but I'm just tying the branches together at points of intersection, weaving them together as they grow. Grafting would not be practical in this case, but it is a cool effect with larger trees if you can achieve it.

I don't cut holes in my water bottle until the watering process begins, well after the roots develope. It helps retain whatever mositure there is from condensation that build up in the soiless mix from the heat of the sun.... You can see it on the edges of the clear plastic bottles...You can also see the roots develope over time, without ever having to give one drop of water, until it's time..I have yet to fail rooting any plumie in this fashion....:-) The holes are added to the bottles when it's time to water..

I've been on two trips with EH and had a wonderful time. One in Nogales, southern Arizona & one in Utah to a golf clinic. There were pros & cons to these trips, depending on YOU! If you're traveling solo, you may not be compatible to a room mate, so you pay extra for a single room. There is a certain amount of regimentation, which is necessary when there are groups of people to contend with. Accomodations are not Sheraton=Hilton quality, but I was always comfortable. They generally had some classes going on with resident speakers describing the history, past, present & future & talks about what you were going to see first hand so you pretty well would recognize what you were looking at. If your picky about food, you may be disappointed. We ate most breakfasts and some dinners where we were staying, a fixed menu, a couple of choices or buffet style. Food good, wholesome, certainly not gourmet!Taking long walks, lots of pictures and a "sack" lunch which was good. I traveled alone, had good roommates,met them & decided who slept in which bed, one would shower at night, the other in the a.m., enjoyed what I saw & did, but depending on what trip it was I also prepared myself physically for long walks, spent more money on shoes that were comfortable and somewhat broken in before I went. I also travel light! Read the brochures and study them, they are pretty explicit as to how you can handle the ups & downs of a trip. But most of all, maintain a postive attitude, be prepared to adjust to the people, both those on the tour & wherever your visitng. A sense of humor is a real asset too! Oh yes, I also took a deck of cards for some of the evenings when we would get together in our rooms for simple no brainer card games. Some of the people I met had been on many, many tours & it was interesting to hear their views.

So, I wimped out! Stuck with the intro level as something came up (hate being female!!) and thought that I wouldn't get soaked - wrong. It was great and a beautiful spot that I wouldn't have seen if I didn't give it a go as it is a different route from the one we will do next. Yes, I will go back and take it to the next level. We even got to slide down some falls. I still have water in my nasal cavity hours later. Even on the milder route we lost a rafter on the first run. There were five sets of rapids and lots of wave surfing. We are heading East in two weeks and will try out the tidal bore rafting in NS.