Wow what gorgeous plants. How warm has it been for both of you?

Great starts! Hope the weather cooperates.

Sherry

36 pips, wow. We will need to see this one when it is leafed out.

@miles- 5 degrees Celsius up to last week, 25 now.

Thirty-six pips! Empress Wu is happy and is going to be big! Do protect her this year because we want to see her in all her glory!

OH my, I got a little light headed and had a hard time to catch my breath!!!! That is incredible . You protect her. Wowzers.

you missed 2..I count 38..just kidding!!..wow..I did a little snooping under the leaf litter..Empress Wu, Fire Island, June and Blue Hawaii have pips..ALL of them together are smaller than your Empress..

Ok Dave, how many years has Wu been there?

Here’s mine.

A still small one :-) I hope she will do better with a little more sun this year...only one pip last year, so this looks promising.

Miles, warm! I wish. We manage an odd day when it reaches 51ºF then back to the middle 40s. Today a maximum of 49º and more rain.

zkathy, I got her about 5 years ago as a single division. She spent 2 years in a pot and then was planted out. This is the third spring in that position.

This is her after planting out in May 2015

Also lots of rain.

I'm situated south facing on the side of a hill about 850 feet above sea level.

If it continues increasing at this rate it should be amazing in a couple of years time.

Dave