*** Growing near Houston, TX: sub tropical zone 9a. Mild winters, hot, extremely humid summers that last half the year. ***
Ordered bareroot from J&P May 2016
5/25/2016- received giant healthy plant, looks good so far.
8/8/2016- Nice flowers that don't shrink much in the heat.
5/1/2017- Main canes died back to bud union, so I clipped them back and will see if plant tries to live. In the meantime, I ordered a new plant from J&P just in case it does not.
Both plants died. I don't know the secret to growing this one. Maybe it needs to be sprayed.