I have had Ed Brown for several years. It looks healthy, the number of blooms are about average but it usually reblooms & the blooms always look good. It hasn't multiplied much at all. I received it as a single fan and after at least 6 or 7 years it was only 3 fans last year. It looks like it might be 4 fans this year (but I have some tradescantia nearby & that fools me early on). I have kept it because of all the lovely seedlings that others have produced. Haven't set a lot of seed pods on it because it has so few fans, but seems to set pods easily. I have gotten some pretty seedlings from it, but not as special as hoped.