thanks a lot, Lyn.
sometimes I think of it as a lost cause, a preposterous endeavor. But then I look back at the plat and I go "what if..."
I have a flower bed deep enough to support vigorous root growth, but it is against a wall and in-between the corners of my back deck, hence poorly ventilated.
If at all, ZD would only grow to catch pests of all sorts, mainly mildew, black spot and rose scale, not to mention the ever present red spider mite. That is why I keep on turning to the idea of the pot.
Uff... "I wish I had a river..."