Tropicals & Tender Perennials: German empress?!?!?, 1 by 77sunset

77sunset wrote:
I really sympathise with you wanting German Empress and finding plants so expensive . I have around 7-8 plants of her here that grow like weeds.One of the easiest epis to grow for me. . I do love the cascading flowers but the poor things look half dead after flowering. I suppose I would too if I put out that many flowers every season. Mine get lots of spotty bits and turn yellow , but once they have had a rest for a month or so, start greening up again and looking good.
I would love to share with you all but I cant because of customs regulations. I suppose they are frightened the epis may take over the world. I see the sense in banning certain plants but I haven't seen an epi infestation anywhere.
I suppose I may have an epi infestation here as I have over 400. I know, I am weak . I should never look at websites with flowers.
Heres one of the GE plants from last year. If you had seen it before flowering, you would have tossed it out. as being half dead.
Jean.