I would give it a shot... But what I do is cut all the leaves in half before trying to root them. I rub the ends of mine in rooting powder and stick them in a place I know where they will be warm, hydrated, humid, and lots of light....100% success rate will happen if you do your proceedure correctly.... Good luck and let us now if you root any...I love rooting cuttings since they give fruit and flower within days of rooting.... Mike

Well that would obviously be the easiest Norma. If someone gave them to me, of course I'd just ask them what kind of plant it is. But I happened to find these cuttings lying on a table at a nursery...I asked if I could take them and they said I could. I didn't know what plants they fell off of. Oh, and grandmascutting, I appreciate you're input, but #1 is definitely not a jade. I actually saw the plant it came off of...no doubt about it. But it doesn't matter cause it is in plant heaven now! They all are :( My tomentosa was starting to root in moist soil, and it just withered up and died. The last to die was the Adro, and it was on a bed of dry soil in sun (which was recommended and seems to be the propagation of choice), but that shriveled up pretty quickly. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I seem to have no luck with cuttings. I'm hoping it's because of the winter. I'll try again in the Spring. Thanks again, Gabi

Thanks, Art. The tag only says S. greggii Raspberry (grown by Meadowlark Nursery in Hollister, CA). The flowers are large; similar in size to S. m. Red Velvet. The description says maroon flowers, evergreen, 3 feet, aromatic. The last word is an understatement. The smell is similar in intensity to S. clevelandii! This plant is VERY brittle... they are still in their pots, so I'm glad that I know this, as I will plant them in a wind-protected spot. I will have tons of cuttings, as these broken branches are quite long, and woody at the base, so I will take tips as well, as I have better luck with that.

I only need to get the pictures uploaded to snapfish... it's possible the bowl of the boy's is going to be not grouted...we don't know yet, cuz court is in an hour and a half..it'd be a fine bowl, as is..... I need to leave in a few minutes, to the juvenile court house...if his mom gets custody, they will be leaving for Oregon this afternoon. this girl/lady is the same age as my oldest daughter..eleven days apart and is the daughter of a friend of mine, that I've known for 40 years... my friend lives in Corpus Cristie and advised her to call me, when she was at the CPS office, here in town and needed a safe place, right then...man, expedited background checks and a visit from the case worker and CPS case worker, here at the house and my place was approved, right there on the spot... ( I swear, they must have had blinders on...lol cuz my place is filled to the rafters with art supplies and not a lot of space to do any square dancing, in my front room!!) that was last Monday..and here we are, 11 days later and the future is unknown for them but it's a new beginning, either way... Zach went through trama and I watched a transformation, while he worked on his glass piece.. here, on this forum, we all talk about how doing mosaics is a healing process.. Zach got a broken finger, when he blocked a blow to the head, when his dad was beating him up... the dad had also taken everything important to Zach, including little clay pieces he had made, from first grade on...the kind made in the classroom, with clay, glaze and firings...all of his favorite games, his laptop (I think I mentioned he's 14 and is a very sensitive boy)and made Zach ride with him to the landfill...then threw all of his belongings in the dump and said he would have to work to pay for the trip to throw it all away... it was a cruel and needless assault on Zach, both physically and emotionally.... This week's journey helped him take something broken, both from himself and other things and make something beautiful from it.... he first walked in the house with a rather empty look in his eyes.. this morning he's full of hope... I only wish and pray the judge sees the same thing.... I have his bowl and some of my projects, in a display case right now, with an overhead light and it's so pretty... it's a 6 hour drive to where she lives and we've already been talking about her coming up to visit friends and an aunt, or me driving there for a couple days..but not in winter...I would take grout with me...lol the lexel is in a tube just like the GE11 and is 5 oz...it was under $5...I think it was like $4.85 or so.... it's a lot cheaper if it can be found in a 12 pack but then again, I'm not going to do that...lol it's gone a very long way, with just the 5 oz... the number on the tube is 13013, evidently to be sure which one it is, between clear or white or something... at least that's what I noticed, ....it's on the bar code and this one says 31525 13013 super elastic sealant it also says it sticks to wet surfaces...guess that would be in an emergency, to maybe fix an aquarium...?? I'd better be going now, to get to the court house...