I would really love to have a canna Stuttgart if any of you out there have one for trade. Please email jen@gulfcoastrentals.com Here's my trade list - Jens Trade List  NOTE:  * means seeds available  ** means cuttings available  No asterisk means rooted start or plant available Ageratum, hardy  plant Alocasia Esculenta (Common Elephant Ear)  plant Alocasia Black & green EE - plant Aloe vera  plant *Amaranthus ponytail *Amaranthis Viridis (Love-lies-bleeding) *Arrowroot- Red *Asarina (Climbing Snapdragon) *BabyÂs breath *Balloon Flower, purple Bamboo  plant, spreader *Banana Melon * Bauhinia galpinii (Orchid Tree) *Bergenia cordifolia (Pigsqueak) * Birdhouse gourd *Blanket flower *Bluebell **Bougainvillea, red Bryophyllum delagoense(Chandelier Plant Mother of Thousands)- plants *Calycanthus floridus (Carolina Allspice) *Candlestick plant *Canna, red tall *Canna lily salmon blooms Canna Florence Vaughn - plant Canna Richard Wallace - plant Canna tropicana  plant *Canterbury Bells *Cassia Alata *Castor Bean Carmensita *Catalpa bignoides (Indian Bean) *Cattail bog *Centaurea Montana (Mountain Bluet) Century plant  plant *Charmomile Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea oats) - plant *Cherimoya/Atemoya *Chinese Lantern Physalis Chlorophytum comosum (Spider plant/airplane plant)  plant Chrysanthemum  plants  gold, yellow *Clementis "Henryi (white) *Clementis Jackmani (Purple) * Clementis Virgiana *Cleome *Clitoria ternata (Butterfly Pea) **Confederate Jasmine, fragrant climber  rooted starts *Cornus Dogwood *Crepe myrtle, pk Crocosmia  reddish-orange - plant *Crotalaria *Cypress Vine, red - seeds & plant available Cympopogon citrates (West Indian or Thai Lemon Grass)  plant *Datura, white with purple cast Elaeagnus pungens (Thorny Elaeagnus)  many seedlings *Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Ear Pod Tree, ElephantÂs Ear, Monkey Ear) Epipremum pinnatum (Golden Pothos)- climber plant **Eucalyptus - cuttings Fern, Asparagus - plant Fern, Southern Sword - plant Firecracker plant, red  plant *Forget-Me-Not *Four oÂclock mix *Foxglove Digitalis Foxglove penstemon Âplants *GoatÂs Rue *Gomphrena purple *Helianthus maximiliani (MaximilianÂs sunflower)  seeds or plant **Hibiscus hardy peach with maroon center - cuttings * Hibiscus Rose of Sharon, purple *Holly shrub with red berries *Hollyhock, mixed, single *Ilex cassine (dahoon holly) Ivy, Engilsh - cuttings Ivy, Swedish, variegated - small plant *Jerusalem cherry **Jewels of Opal, variegated  cuttings/rooted start *Kabocha squash Kalanchoe, red orangeÂpink - plant *Koelreuteria Paniculata (Golden Rain Tree) *Laburnum anagyroides (Golden Chain Tree) *Lantana mixed  seeds or plant Lily ÂWater spider lily  plant *Marigold mixed **Mexican Petunia ÂPurple ShowersÂ, blue, tall - plant **Mexican Petunia, ÂChi ChiÂ, pink, tall - cuttings Mexican Petunia ÂColobe Pink short  plant *Mimosa pudica (Sensitive plant) *Moon flower vine *Moonvine, Lavender *Moringa oleifera (Drumstick Tree) *Morning Glory Grandpa Ott *Morning Glory Heavenly Blue * Morning Glory Noah Neomarica gracilis (Walking Iris/Apostle Plant) Nephytis white butterfly Âplant **Oleander Light pinkÂdark pink...oleander yellowÂoleander white - cuttings *Optunia ficus indica(Smooth Prickly Pear) *Orchid Tree Palm  plant seedlings *Papaya *Periwinkle, mixed *Petunia Violet star *Phacelia tanacetifolia (Purple Tansy) *Phaseolus coccineus (SadieÂs Horsebean) *Radermachera sinica (China Doll, Serpent Tree, Emerald Tree) *Rhubarb **Rose , red climber  cuttings **Rose, pink - cuttings Salvia coccinea ÂCoral Nymph - small plant **Schefflera actinophylla - cuttings *Senecio confuses (Mexican Flame vine), orange *Senna alata candlesticks *Senna didymobotrya (Popcorn Cassia, Peanut Butter Cassia) *Sensitive plant *Snapdragon *Spearmint  seeds or plant *Sunflower  Autumn Beauty *Sunflower  Strawberry Blonde Hybrid Talinum paniculatum (Variegated Jewels of Opar)  rooted *Thunbergia gregorii (Orange Trumpet Vine) Tradescantia purple spiderwort - plant Tradescantia pallida(Purple heart setcreasea)  plant Tradescantia spathacea (Mosses-in-a-basket/ Oyster Plant/ Boatlily) Âplant *Trumpet vine, violet *Trumpet vine, wild Tulbaghia violacea (Society Garlic) - plant White butterfly ginger- plant Wondering Jew- plant Wondering Jew, Variegated  plant *Woodland Tobacco *Zinnias, mixed

whats to lose in trying??? any plant you cut to the ground in late fall or in spring.. may as well give it a go .. your going to cut it down anyway ... smaller cutting are usually easier.. dont try to root foot long pieces.. just the last couple inches of the tops ... and if you have a moist winter.. in the ground.. they might just sit there until spring.. and surprise you ... presuming you dont get a heat wave come along ... also.. keep in mind.. now is a great time to just dig up a plant.. and split it in half.. or thirds.. whatever depending on size.. and immediately have more plants ... most of us here.. didnt have the WWW to get too much info.. and just learned by trying.. experimenting.. and the upside back then.. we didnt have TMI to make us worry... we were adventurers.. rather than worriers ... just go for it.. ken btw .. my answer was more about sedums... i never grew the others.. but just looking at pix.. i bet the answer is the same ... these are rare rocket scientists plants ...

No "great" updates, honestly. I did trim it down a lot earlier this year, and it definitely looks better for it! Now that I know it's OK with it, I'll do a better job of trimming this winter. Since posting this, my mom passed, my dad got COVID which led to end stage pulmonary fibrosis, and one of my dogs passed... so it's been a rough year :-( Obviously I haven't had the time, energy, or money to focus on the gardens like I wanted. I have 2 sunshine ligustrum in another section of the landscape, though, and I'm kinda thinking about pruning them and then planting the cuttings all around the front of the butterfly bush (leaving the back open so that I can get in and prune the butterfly bush easily). That wouldn't cost anything, they're drought-tolerant so I wouldn't have to worry about watering them after the first year, and the evergreen yellow would offset the purple colors well. I had to Google the vitex... wow, that's going to be gorgeous! I'm going to have to look in to that, I'd never heard of it :-O

@floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK, the rhodo is a layer that I took in 2018 from another one that was nearby. It blooms every year, but hasn't filled out anywhere near as much as I'd hoped! So I don't know if it's stunted or what. The original is closer to 8' tall, 10' wide. Here's the one I have in this corner: It's only about 3' tall. The back of it has new growth coming up, though: Now that it's in full sun I guess it will either grow faster... or burn. So I'm prepared to have to move it next year if I have to. But based on the original, it might get another 6' wider. Everything I have planted in that zone is movable, though, so I'm ready for that, too. I should also mention that one goal for cutting back all of these trees is to move that fence back about 24' and give myself about 2000 sq.ft more of garden :-) My dream is to build a second, larger pond in that area, then maybe Japanese maples and magnolias in the far back and slowly taper down to smaller stuff in the front. The primary view is from the house and deck, which is where I was standing in that first picture.