Aha, that seems to be a very good ID. Thanks so much! I'm glad it's a bonsai-suitable species--I grabbed a bunch of samaras!

They may be better off planted in the ground than in the house. Roses hate being inside and will likely die. The other thing you could do is pot them and then sink those pots in the ground deeply in the most protected place in your yard.

Just a note to those that will protect their home with a gun. You SHOULD be able to do so I firmly believe that! This story isn't about a home owner tho so I am not sure if thats why it ended the way it did. My DS and a friend were out and about uptown. Drinking. They ran into some other guys with a chip on their shoulder. There were words exchanged. Not a fight. No one was told to leave the bar nor were the police called to settle it, DS thought it was a joking around thing more than actual arguement. DS went back to his apartment at the time where he lived with my nephew, his cousin. He'd fallen asleep on the couch or passed out I am really not sure. But can only imagine. The friend then returned to the apt. My nephew had never left the apt the entire evening but watched tv with a girl. After the bars closed something like 8 guys (the ones that DS and friend had words with plus a few more) came up to the apt. Kicked the door in, ran in and 1 or 2 of them threw DS to the floor, proceeded to kick him everywhere before he was fully awake. His cousin got up to try and and pull them off DS, while the girl ran into the kitchen to hide, two more guys grabbed my nephew and another started punching him, yet another had a baseball bat and when my nephew got away from the two holding his arms, then hit him in the head with the baseball bat! My nephew managed to get away and ran barefoot thru the snow for 5 blocks to his parents house and called 911. the friend grabbed nephews deer rifle, which he did not know if it were loaded or not. It was. He did not point it at anyone, held it in the air and said everyone get out, now! Some ran out but the police were there at that point. Guess what?? Because he held the gun he got into trouble! Big time. What he was charged with right now I cannot remember, terrorizing or something. The kids lied about having a baseball bat, the police did find it and my nephew had a bone fractured in the upper part of his nose/forehead from it. The guys that broke the door and ran in got off with disorderly conduct!! My son was charged with disorderly conduct in a bar! The nephew that hadn't even left the apt all night was charged with disorderly conduct too!!! NEver heard of that law disorderly conduct in a bar before. The 8 guys that charged in didn't pay for any medical bills for either of the 2 boys, nephews were bigger than DS's. Nor did they have to pay for damages done like the entertainment center and tv that were thrown over. They according to the police were going to be charged with breaking and entering, assult on DS, assult with a deadly weapon because of them using the baseball bat on my nephew, ummmm I dunno what all. This was over 5 years ago now. The states attorney is a real doofus. He charged them all with disorderly conduct and didn't ask for any medical bills or damages and then went after DS's friend for picking up the gun. He did it and admitted to it and I am trying to think whatever they charged him with was something like $750/fine. He was found guilty because he didn't try and lie his way out of having the gun. So beware if you ever pick up a gun and think the law is behind you. It may not be! If it was done by either of the apt renters, my son or nehpew I am not sure it would have been done any differently. Like I said our states attny is a doofus and never does what the police reccommend. As a rather long winded answer to Patticos question, I don't shoot guns and therefore couldn't do it. I am not sure if my husband could either....I just don't know and hope I never have to find out.

Yes I would. They were clean :-) Last night when we went out to eat and my pasta was loaded with globs of jarred alfredo sauce, my friend suggested I bring it home and wash it off and make my own sauce. So guess what's for dinner tonight. There was still enough pasta left for both of us and probably a small child. Waste not, want not!