Well the main shoot on E. robustus rotted during the winter, so can't really share any info regarding how early it starts to grow in comparison to the rest of them
. It looked okay, put I touched it as I was looking for slugs and it was like a balloon without air. We did have a very wet winter, but unsure if that was the cause or not.
The good news is that there are several new small shoots forming from one of the side roots
. Unfortunately this plant also seems to be a slug magnet so already lost a few of the shoots. It's a serious slug year over here
.