I have choke cherries and I know they sucker extensively, would guess that pin cherries would have a similar growth habit. As for the yellowing leaves, how much rain have you had? It's been extremely dry where I am and I have noticed that one of my chokecherries is already showing color (probably due to drought stress) even though I have watered it a couple of times.

You were refueling. Gardenweb is one of my favorite places to refuel before I plunge into whatever I'm trying to accomplish. Unfortunately, the more I read about here, the longer the list grows :-). Update on the room: I got the plaster bonding agent. I ended up getting Silpro Weld-o-bond because it was available locally, and it is labeled for bonding old plaster to gypsum materials. If you are in the greater Boston area this may be easier to find than Link or Plasterweld. I tried spraying it but I wimped out on the mess. Plus it was beading and dripping off the plaster, not soaking in. I ended up brushing it into the cracks with a small (1 1/4") Purdy brush. I had to make multiple passes as the first pass would apply, second would break surface tension, and subsequent ones would provide more liquid to absorb. I also thinned it nearly 50/50 with water per label instructions. It is fantastic! No more crispy crumblies! I can run my finger down a crack, and it does not rain sand down on me. I wish I'd known about this before; it is great stuff. At $12/gallon, it's a cheap lifetime supply. Today I am moving some cabinets around in my kitchen so that the refrigerator can open fully (it has been flush to a side wall since we moved in 2 years ago). Wish I'd thought of this before. Of course, the cabinets are 50 years old and nailed in 50 different ways, so it's a bear to get them out. I'll be using screws to put them back :-). Hopefully I will finish that today and then it's back to the trunk room.

When a plant starts looking desperate, I always check the roots no matter what time of the year it is. If that particular one doesn't change in a week or two, you might have stopped whatever problem that was. If not, I will personally dig it up and check the roots. In the kind of potting soil you are using, I would have stopped watering the plants long before I bring them in for the winter--maybe as much as a month before. Then kept them dry all through the winter. That substrate is too heavy and will not dry out fast enough to prevent root rot during the winter. Some adeniums are finicky this way. Some of them go dormant when days get shorter, others keep trundling along throughout the winter and these are usually the ones that get killed by over-watering. I have plants sprouting new leaves and they get about half a cup of water every two weeks but ONLY BECAUSE they are in gritty mix. If I were using the kind of soil you have, I will probably not water them at all, leaves or no. This forces them into dormancy. Dormant plants are much easier to ignore during the winter. I hope this helps. More experienced growers will have more knowledge on the subject, but this is what I do to keep things simple. Happy Saturnalia! Pagan

Just to give you an idea here are the grape vines showing the 2 trunks. First pic you can see right above the green tie