slow bloomers

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That's interesting, I've had just the opposite experience with simplex v. rubra. They'll bloom while still small (in a 4" pot), but don't want to pup, so I end up having to start all over from seed.

Lisa, Yes that is quiet different. Do you fertilize yours? How often? Where do you keep it? I may have fertilized mine twice this year and i keep it outside under shade tree where it gets morning sun.

I haven't really been taking care of them at all. I grew them all from seed and had the seedlings in 4" pots. There's some slow-release fertilizer in the potting mix, but I didn't add any after that. They're pretty shaded all the time, in the double-shadecloth end of my shadehouse, which works out to @64% shade, plus being tucked under the foliage of taller surrounding plants. About half of them bloomed, and I almost didn't even notice! I should probably hang them up but they aren't even big enough to go into a HB.