My mom gave me this awesome plant last year and I must say that I never paid it much attention or thought much of it. It grew real lanky and never impressed me much. This spring when I transplanted it I grew kinda fond of it and wanted to see it do better, unfortunately it just looked weepy. When Mom came to visit me for the Sand Springs Herbal Fair two weekends ago she took drastic measures with it and almost made me faint...she cut it back to almost nothing! By the time she was done with it all that was left were some cuttings to propagate and a basic stem. Needless to say I feared it would just fizzle out, but Mom did her best to reassure me it would make it healthier and prettier...and she was RIGHT (I know, it pains me to say these words). It already has 4 or 5 spots where new growth is starting to break through the main stem and the cutting are already rooted well enough I can plant them...Can't wait to see how it looks by the time I have to bring it in for old man winter.
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