Looking for elephant ears (other than green runner), bananas, or open to offers. Thanks. dcarpenter

Hello I would love to trade soooooooo much for your brugs, I just bought some off ebay and they rotted. I have Tropical Ti starter plants(one green and one red from Hawaii-3in. big). Also have Orleander tree(only 2 feet tall( and have Texas umbrela tree that flowers(1 foot+). I might have a pink flowering locust tree? I'll check. Thanks lisa

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I suggest you dig it up, cut it back,soak it for 30 minutes in a solution of 9 parts water to 1 part Clorox, and then replant it elsewhere. I'm afraid in zone 8 rust may be inevitable. The first plant I had that showed signs of rust was purchased from a well-known vendor in a area where there is no rust! I'm sure something else in my garden had it, but it wasn't visible enough to notice. Rust has been especially bad this fall in some areas of our property. So far, as I am weeding/grooming in our field bed, the only tetraploid that I've inspected up close has been Kent's Favorite Two ... and it was surrounded by rusty plants. Of course, the year-old diploid seedlings planted there are almost all without rust. Those few that do have it are not much affected by it. I even have rust on those that are listed as rust-free! I do have one long raised bed full of red dayliles, both tets and dips, that hasn't shown any sign of rust ever, plus about 14 diploids that are planted along the road 8' apart that have never had any rust, either. All of these beds are about 200 to 300' away from the field bed. Nancy