Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Somebody told me I could not grow Silk Floss tree here, 0 by Kelli

Kelli wrote:
I heard that to get them to bloom, you need to give them a dry-ish summer. Our biggest one has never bloomed. It is on the same soaker hose system as a bunch of rose bushes, so it's hard to do the dry summer thing. (Reroute the soaker hoses, you big dummy!) We stole the seeds from the Los Angeles Arboretum. Someone on the next street had one that bloomed, but they cut it down. (What a bunch of barbarians!)

The seedlings/saplings do not have thorns, so don't be disappointed when you see that. Here is a picture of one that is less than an inch in diameter. Yes, it is laying on the porch. When it gets windy, the potted ones fall over and there is no sense in putting them back until the wind is over.