But it has turned out to be far harder than I thought. For one thing, our house and yard are shaded by big maples during high summer. For another, I didn't know what the cues were that the plant needed to bud.
Last fall and winter I did some research, including contacting nurseries in California, to see how it was done. Cool temperatures, it seemed. Lots of sun, others said.
So this summer I put the plant on the front balcony which is about the sunniest place we have. The plant seemed to do well, but there was no sign of budding well into early fall. Then we had our first freezing temperatures in mid-October, and I covered the plant with a sheet during the night before finally bringing it in.
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What would seem to have worked, then, is the combination of a sunny summer, followed by exposure to cold as the days grew shorter after the solstice. So pleased!
The other photo is what the plant looked like last February. It's grow some since...
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