The thing with them, Carole, is that they need a lot of space. Ours is well over 2 metres tall and still growing. Also siting is crucial as they shed everything in summer, flowers, leaves, the lot and look completely dead, not an attractive sight, and obviously they need no water at all during this period. Then in the autumn, around August/September for ours, their body clock tells them its time to wake up, rain or no rain they suddenly sprout new leaves.