Miss Sally, they are best in a hangin pot. Those thangs will git 30'long. I hav'um runnin all the way to the top of my oak tree. Their leaves will git 2' long if you put'um on a tree. You can buy 4' bamboo stakes but it will just keep on growin. If you cut it back, a new shoot will come out an continue growing up. The roots you see on the bottom pitcher on the tree, it's at the top of that tree.