Simply trying to get wind/breeze effects to work on a single plant...only one in scene...basically empty scene at that! I can get wind effects to work in preview in plant editor...how do I get the effects to take so I can render an image! Thanks for any help. Have read the help tutorial...but it is kinda vague.

You need to have wind enabled in the atmosphere editor first. Then in the top view, with your plant selected, a blue arrow should be seen. Click and drag the arrow in the direction you want. The direction you will get is the direction you drag the arrow, and the more you drag it, the more wind is applied. No breeze, of course, you would need to animate your scene to see breeze.

Wind for a still is just a plant deformation.