A few nice plants. Some special!

[KatFish]

Ah, thanks for the info.  No greenhouse, and my sunny windows are already groaning with plants in the winter  :'(

[moondivatx]

Kat...if you cannot over winter the entire plant, you might try cuttings.  John would know more but I read that somewhere.  Deborah

[Johns]

Kat,

Before frost in the fall, make some cuttings and some people just stick them in water in the window until rooted.  That way they don't take up as much room, at least until you are hooked on the genus...

[LynneNY]

Kat,

Before frost in the fall, make some cuttings and some people just stick them in water in the window until rooted.  That way they don't take up as much room, at least until you are hooked on the genus...

This is exactly what I do - I take some nice thick trunk cuttings and put them in a vase of water - they stay in there the entire winter by a window and root very nicely.  So long as they are kept in water they stay alive.  Most years I get spider mites on them pretty badly and lose all the leaves, but they leaf out nicely once they are planted outside again.

[KatFish]

Ah, I see    I'm such a plant junkie    Family and friends say I live in a greenhouse since there's so many plants.  I just wish I had a real one.  I have a glass, south facing porch that I want to turn into one.  I just have to figure out how....

[Jerry]

here is an unusual one.  I have only seen a few in So Cal.  I tried it with cuttings, no luck.  I found them at Caldewells Nursery in Texas!  This one is still recovering from cold damage but will soon be lush with big glossy leaves.  This one is in a pot.  I have one in the parkway.
It is Ficus roxburghi.