Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Mid Atlantic Tropicals, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jen--

Here are 3 pictures I have that are pretty good.

The stems are thin and woody. Kind of fragile....This time of year--as it gets closer
to blooming--the stems thicken up a bit--about as thick as a pencil.

One year, the wind blew my big pot over and all the stems broke off.
The following year--it re-grew nicely. AHA! I think pruning it back is good???

Last year--following up on that thought--I cut it back and rooted all the cuttings.
Those are the ones I shared at Holly's Swap.

Just learned this past year--that this plant prefers some shade. Who woulda thought?

The below pictures are from 2007.

edited to add that removing the spent blooms encourages more of them.

This message was edited Jun 25, 2012 6:55 AM