GigiPlumeria said:Ken @drdawg has this Celadine
If there is such a thing as "specializing" in a variety, Celadine would be mine. I still have my original Celadine, rooted 25+ years ago, and its base is huge. Every cutting and every rooted Celadine I have has that same original plant as its "mother". I have just taken numerous long, plump cuttings from several of those plants and I am near the cut-off date when I will take cuttings. I plan on rooting all the cuttings but right now, they are all sitting in my greenhouse, callusing. I had a sub-variety of Celadine bloom last summer (is "sub-variety" the right term?) and its flowers were huge and almost completely yellow. It hasn't bloomed yet and I hope to see the same variation of flowers if/when it does. You can see the huge difference in flowers in the photograph.
I am planning on over-wintering some of my varieties in my sunroom and see how they respond to light/water/very light fertilizing through the fall and winter months. I am trying to mimic what you lucky Florida residents do, though you keep yours outside year 'round. Most of mine will go into the "temporary" greenhouse in my garage and will stay dormant until spring.
