We didn't answer your question about whether there are suckers on the first loropetalum you showed. With plants like these that are growing on their own roots, suckers are not a problem since they'll be the same as the rest of the plant. Those are just a concern on something that's been grafted onto the root of a different variety which can send up shoots of the root variety instead of the grafted one you want. For things like the loropetalum or crepe myrtles, the question is whether it's a trunk you want to keep. If you want a multi-trunk plant and need the new shoot to complete the overall shape, keep it. If not, cut it down. There's not enough of that particular plant showing in the picture to make a judgment, but it looks like there's one good straight trunk and the rest go off in strange directions and shapes. The one growing toward the house could be a problem. Personally, I prefer these with multiple trunks, but this close to the house and with the awkward side trunks, you may need to cut away all but the one good one. There may be other suckers later that will develop into nice side trunks with proper pruning, but that would take some time.

I moved it down from the ceiling about a foot and a foot and a half closer to the westerly facing window, plenty of sun on it now. To put that in perspective, the top of the plant is below the top of the glass by about 4 inches and the bottom of the pitchers is about 9 inches above the bottom of the window and the center of the plant is just under a foot away from the glass., there are also tropical plants under it with water trays so that'll help with humidity a bit I assume and extra water just drips into the trays.

Enigma, all that I know can go in a nutshell, sorry to say, BUT I HAVE IDEAS AND OPINIONS. hehehehe First off, if you are up north, do you have a lot of ROCK? In the case of my DH's house, you cannot dig anywhere w/o turning up ROCKS and some are huge. (We have NO ROCKS here, so I have serious ROCK ENVY, but no way to bring them south.) He put the power line in when he built that rock wall, so it was all underground. I'm not sure where your electrical panel might be located, but probably around the spot the overhead power cables come to your house--near your driveway and garage? The cost could run from getting a larger breaker box and power supply (old homes had 100 amp service, but most now have 200 amp service or greater, and that means a lot of work for your power company and fully licensed electrician. I'm all for solar too, like emagineer is. LEDs are the latest thing because the actual light emitted is greater. If those don't have the color you want, you can always filter the glass surrounding them! Put some cellophane inside the lamp if necessary. I'm still thinking you could get a Toro system which has a solar panel stuck into the flower bed, and then low voltage cable that can be concealed 4 inches or so underground for a string anywhere from 50 feet up to 150 feet. The cable can run up the middle of a metal pole to the lamp. OR, you can route a groove into a wooden lamp post and then use cable tacks to hold the low voltage cable in the groove as it runs up the wood post. In your neck of the woods, you don't have to worry about termites, but make any pole a treated wood. It can be painted white or black too. I think you can also just find the lamp you like and then wire it to 12 volt instead of house power, and put in the size of socket you like. Several years back, I had a really fine solar panel which I mounted on the roof of my cottage at MoccasinLanding. It ran to a fairly large storage battery, which I mounted onto a shelf underneath the carport. The battery was mostly out of the weather, Then from the storage battery, there was a 12 volt cable attached to a motion detector and spot light. This was very bright, and it only came on when it detected any motion within its coverage area....which was the walkway to my front door. With this setup, you could have a brighter bulb because it did not stay on all the time, just when someone was moving into your yard. In my case, this light was the only one working during several hurricanes that hit Mobile. What a comfort it was too. I think it cost about $75 including panel, battery, and light. The point I'm making, consider all the options open to you and which would maximize your investment.

Hollysprings, making a statement with the space is something to think about. Thats what I love about GW, something unexpected gets presented to the post. With your concept of the "jewel box" in mind, I will ponder my options for this space. Dee850, That piece of wood is a piece of cherry that I had my carpenter put up to shield the LED that will go there. I may paint it or put it's plan wood "twin" (painted) up there instead. I think it looks sort of out of place as it is, but that feature can wait. I have left over tile that I could use. I visualize this area being used as an additional counter area to hold hors d'oeuvres during get togethers. I have hardly any counter space so this nook is a bonus. Other wise it will be holding tissues, phones, other smallish stuff.