Murky said: But the flowers are made that much more special because of the fat caudex and the way the caudex then shows off the flowers! I doubt I'd like them near as much without the caudex.
That's what most of us like because of the "bonsai" look. However my friends have only seen mostly the photos of the flowers I sent them. So to them it is the flowers they like.
In 2 years or more, the cuttings will have fat roots too that resembles a caudex for the "untrained" eyes. I think root pruning and pruning the cuttings in spring will expedite the "swollen roots". I will know more next year if I have enough cuttings to experiment on.
