These are in pots. I can control their conditions better in pots w/ a soilless mix. Also I don't have to lean over as much. The best miniature roses for cutting need to be mail ordered. The ones at Lowe's and HD are ok for landscaping but not so good as cut flowers.

Thank you for the info! now at least I know she'll remain short (2 feet) - I can decide where to put her. Part of me had wanted to keep her in a pot and inside - but, now that I know shs has minimal scent - maybe she'd be best out in the yard. The "Blue Moon" is coming slowly alive in my south facing window - she went from having one 'white' and delicate cane to having 3 short ones, that are turning green - and with several mini - red leaves. Love to see them coming to life and growing. The "little Secret" ... she's got 3 thin canes each with at least 3 leaves... She's ready for the great outdoors if I can only figure out where to put her in my tiny li'l yard. I know she'd make sense, with her color scheme closer to the "Gene Boerner" slowly - slowly growing. Gene B looks like a mini (less than 1 foot with tiny leaves)- she's so tiny - but I know she'll eventually be a 5 footer. figuring how to space them, when I have such limitted space has consistently been my issue.

trade is completed. thanks.

I've seen some interesting deco-like dim sum carts: http://www.gsw-usa.com/img/p/15-62-large.jpg My back yard doesn't permit any carts, because there are too many steps. If I did use a cart, it would be general purpose - not just for tea. I'd want to be able to place teapot and cups in a protected place, like a closed cabinet or a shallow well, so that if the cart banged against something the crockery wouldn't fly off and shatter. I'd want some provision for warming food, even a sheltered compartment that accepts a Sterno tin. There should be a drainable bin for ice, essential for a cocktail cart. Note that the well, warming tray, and ice bin could all be the same thing. Bottle bins so that tall things (wine bottles, Campari bottles) can be carried without tipping. A little drawer for corkscrew, opener, and other things that should stay with the cart all the time. The wheels would have to be soundless, like large diameter soft rubber or urethane, and not get locked up by a pebble. I hate hearing a cart rattle across a patio, metal and dishes and glasses clattering and clanking on each other. Child safety requires that the cart be wide and heavy enough to be pretty stable, without exposed shelf tiers that look like ladders to little Tarzan. Stainless steel or other rust-proof material. Wheels right at the corners for stability, locks for the wheels or better yet automatic locks that are release when you press the handle (think airport baggage cart). Spats over the wheels would be cool if feasible.