Question
I live in Charleston, SC and want to know if it's possible to transplant a norfolk pine outside.  Last year the tree was on our screen porch from Mar. - Dec. and in our garage from approx. Dec - March.  It's getting too large for the screen porch.  It's healthy and has been prunnedto encourage growth.  We do not want to bring it into the house.  Help!

Answer
The problem will be the cold. These grow in hardiness zones 10-11 (30-50 degrees) and SC is in zone 7-8 (which is 1- 20 degrees.). Check with a local tree nursery and they might have a suggestion as to the locations in   the yard that may be protected be some low temperatures such as  south side of the house. There are a lot of variation of temperatures in different areas --near the ocean, on a sunning side of the house etc. But in general they may not make it. If you are thinking about getting rid of it go ahead and try planting it outside the worst that could happen would be it dies and you get rid of it which maybe what you would be now.