Here's a picture of my M. basjoo taken about a week ago. I am always amazed at how fast these things grow. This plant died all the way to the ground over the winter, and didn't start coming up until sometime in May. It grew to this size in about 6 weeks--already about 7-8 feet tall and still growing. This is its fourth growing season, so I guess it's had some time to build up some underground reserves!

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