Last year in January I was working in a restaurant and they had these two huge Japanese Aralia's. I asked my boss if i could have one of it's off spring. He said yes, so I took it gently out with a good amount of root. Brought her home and planted her. She grew wonderfully for the first 5 months then she just stopped growing.I opened her up to see if maybe root rot or if she was to dry. Her root system looks great. Although, she has not grown yet.I'm wondering if maybe some one would know what could have happened. I've read all up on her but i don't see as though I'm doing anything wrong maybe someone would have some knowledge on my problem. Thank you omni

HI Everyone! Thanks for your help! :-) MIke! Hello Friend! :-) I spent all day yesterday looking for a post because I knew this plant had been discussed, but never found it. I was thinking I had posted it. Now I see why...lol! It was in your post. ;-) Thank you so much for the name! I hope your plant is doing well! Yes, I remember the bloom being very sweet! R~ I got the plant about this time last season, and true, the spots may have been there. It makes sense they may be more noticeable now that it's shrunk a little. Not to mention it's been tossed around with packing it away for winter, then dragging them all out. Some of the gravel spilled out. The rest of the plant does seem to be well, and strong, no soft spots. I normally do water sooner, actually most of my plants get dabs in the winter, due to us being so warm. But this winter/spring was a rough one, for alot of reasons, and my collection did not get the proper care. :-( This comming winter I will have a green house of some sort, so I wont' have to pile them all on the patio to protect from frost or freeze. I'm excited about the bud! Thank you! Norma! Hello! I did see the common name "Fuzzy Navel" which I find funny! :-) Also "Easter Lilly cactus" 22" is alot of rain! It takes us 2 years to see that much rain! I have kept my collection grouped and can just cover with plastic in the winter if it rains, but this season with the out of the norm. hard freeze I moved them all closer to the house and covered well. Unfortunately it took forever to get them back out, but they're on their way to getting back on track. ;-) Have a great day everyone! JoJo

Well... mine is Monsoon Wave soapstone fabricated and installed by Florida Joshua. He didn't stock it at his yard so I flew up to Jersey (incorporated it with a trip to see both my boys who live in NY), picked out my slabs, and had them shipped to Joshua. I live in So. Fla. so he had to take a couple of trips down here to measure, fabricate, and install. It went perfectly and even though it was a HUGE splurge for me; I would do it again in a heartbeat. It is beyond functional, beautiful, and takes a beating without issue. I can go without waxing for a couple of months and fall in love with the kinda washed black denim look of it. Then I'll get in the mood to shine it up and fall in love again with the vibrant sea glass colors that run through this stone. If you have the chance to use Joshua... it's worth every single penny and more.

sadly things have not worked out too well. after many paint samples. We all thought we found a good choice..... but stop after two walls, lol.....I second the wait to paint rule now. Hubby thinks some pictures would cheer it up, but I feel a new color may be the only real solution. Thanks so much for looking up all these tables and rugs for me. I'm sure when i finally fix the color, we will get back to it.