I use lime sulfur on peaches. So many possible fungal infections in my area, the more weapons you have the better. It can be used in summer or in dormant season. If you want to avoid harsher synthetic chemicals, copper and lime sulfur will do fairly well. Don't use together. Lime-sulfur is a great fungicide for various leaf spots on stone fruit. Don't use on apricots. Follow label directions. So you most definitely can use lime-sulfur on peaches and when fully leafed out too. The label says it will fight powdery mildew, brown rot, brown rot blossom blight,leaf spot, shot hole, and scab.

skuba short answer yes as bluestone is a igneous stone.

I can see your pictures now. And now I definitely prefer the idea of only doing shakes on the top half of the second peak, like the first picture I posted earlier. If you fill them both in completely with shakes, hardly any horizontal siding will be left on the front of your home. Doing that second peak half-and-half will tie the two types of siding together well. As far as a separation between brick and shakes over the garage, now that I see the whole house I take back my idea of the little roof over the garage - I hadn't realized the garage continued over on the left, and I don't think the tie in would be that simple. You can buy exterior trim boards at your regular big box stores for only a buck or two a board foot. (More for wider pieces of course.) HardiPlank makes cement board ones too. But maybe just keep it simple like the first pic I posted up there and don't worry about it. It doesn't look bad with the shakes meeting right up with the brick. Those garage doors are pretty fancy! I would sure like mine to look like wood.

Thank you for the response. I will probably purchase them again and grow them outdoors. I don't water them much. I live in Zone 9b, so I typically don't have to worry a lot. The lowest it ever got in the 18 years I have lived here is 19 degrees. It normally goes down to the high 30's and that's it. The frustrating thing about these plants is they are so slow to respond to any detrimental conditions that it takes a whole year to realize you're doing something wrong. This plant literally was watered 4 times per year and was not overwatered. I know you said once or twice per year, but I still don't think 4 times would be a lot either. It was sitting in a window box. It receives medium/bright light but never direct sun. I think these plants look way too etoliated. Those green parts were always above the soil. The plant was never in extreme heat either. I fear that similar things will happen to my other plants.