This is the first year of no flowers. Plants are 12 years old.
oh_hunnihunni,
Apr 7, 5:26pm
Mine flower every year until they run out of food, whereupon I haul their overgrown butts out of their terracotta pots and replant with new mix and away they go again. They seem to thrive on neglect - outdoors, here on the Shore - until they are on the point of starving to death. But I have no doubt their body clocks are a huge influence as well, just as ours are.
veejay13,
Apr 7, 6:11pm
I thought mine wasn't going to flower this year, but just in the last week or so it's become covered in buds. I think we're all talking about the same plant. Mine always flowers in winter (not at Xmas). As it's originally a northern hemisphere plant it flowers at Xmas up there, hence the name.
samsnan,
Apr 23, 6:09am
Update they all are coming into bud just the last week. Patience it seems.
articferrit,
Apr 23, 5:17pm
Mine get no TLC at all except for throwing the odd cup of water on them, one has a few flowers already and another is getting buds, 3rd is sulking but always flowers well.
veejay13,
Apr 23, 6:03pm
Mine has just started flowering now, but seems to have changed colour. It used to be bright pink and is now white! Perhaps I should have been feeding it with something, although general opinion seems to be that they prefer to be ignored.
oh_hunnihunni,
Aug 1, 12:50am
Mine are budding now. The soil in the pot must have hit the right temp matching daylight hours.
I love the way these things so readily start from broken stems. So easy to reproduce.
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