Dellis said, "I believe a less developed plant allows it to adapt easier to my growing conditions as it grows." I didn't realize I felt this way, but I do too, now that you've said it. I must say, repotting these took about 2 minutes although I *might* not have bothered quite so soon, despite personal disdain for peat, if I had know how unnecessary it was. As far as a plant dying after I've brought it home... unless it was due to a bug problem that existed but wasn't apparent at the time of purchase, I take full responsibility for that. If I buy a healthy-looking plant, it's my fault (eliminating bugs from the picture) if it dies. It's not like cars where some are "a lemon." (OT LOCAL ALERT:) Moonfire, The one in Andalusia has a bigger garden section but for some reason I keep finding more plants I want to buy at the Geneva one, the smallest WM I've ever seen. It's much farther away but taking my friend who doesn't drive (and lives just south of Geneva) to the store every Friday night causes me to drive right by it. So, around 8:30 pm on Friday, you can often find me there... the only one in the plant department at that time. Stupid but it's starting to feel like they're stocking the rack just for me. The one in Andy... oh my they do an awful job taking care of plants there, which is a gross overstatement of what they do. I guess I'm saying they can't even put the trays in not-wrong places. So many sunburned, overheated, and frozen plants! The manager there is a nice lady but holy cow she's got way too much to do and about zero people to help. I used to have that store on my accounts when I was merchandising for a pool chemical company so that's why I've talked to her so much. Yes, her duties include plants, the bagged mulches/soil, lawn furniture, grills, garden chems, seeds, patio furniture, and whatever other stuff they stick over there is on her plan-o-grams and to-do list. I rarely find anything there that I want, they're either already dead from too much/little water, are so etiolated that I don't even want to make cuttings, or have bugs (Gynura.) Maybe I keep getting there right after you?! Hahaha! Now that I've bought the rest of the cheap mulch, I probably won't be back until spring. It doesn't look like they're getting more in for fall but I'm still trying to get used to when the seasons actually occur down here. What's really weird is that these stores seem to have completely different selections of plants, every time I visit. Like, there are no hanging baskets at the Geneva store, and more large expensive house plants, nowhere near the selection of shrubs, and hardly ever any kitschy items like lucky bamboo, scheff bonsai, cactus with plastic flowers glued to them, or tillandsias (?) in seashells. For some strange reason they were selling Eucalyptus trees a few months ago. I still don't know what to do with that. Andy - rarely any clearance plants, even if obviously dead (above-ground at...

Baptisia australis?

We see Fortuniana here and there in California, growing like a weed -- and clearly, these are old rootstock plants. I'd say it must be very successful. Here, we have a Fortuniana collected in an old cemetery, which has grown from the bottom of our hillside to the top, along an old fence. I'd LOVE to try roses on Fortuniana here. Frankly, from the look of the successful old rootstock plants, I'd also love to try Ragged Robin. At least if it suckered, and the scion died, you'd have a great rose remaining. Jeri Jennings Coastal Ventura Co., SoCal

Hi Julia, Semps like mostly full sun. yes the babies should root pretty easily. They don't like WET but the do like some water. Just don't keep them sopping. I collect "named" ones but I bought a container of common ones. it was packed with them and they were hard to get apart and some broke. But they are all rooting happily and its only been a week. So have no fear..... jackie Here is a link that might be useful: My Garden Art