Chiming in a bit late on the plant addiction topic, a nice lady on another forum put it perfectly, I think. There are two types of gardeners, landscapers and collectors. Landscapers have beautiful tidy yards with lots of one kind of plant, like lawn (groan).
Collectors (that's us!) want to grow one of everything. Or in my case, I used to buy three of everything, because 'three makes a nice clump' . .. . now there REALLY is no room! If it weren't for the gravel pathways, you'd need a machete to navigate most of my yard in the summer. In winter when the gardeners speed up and the plants slow down, it is more like a garden than a jungle out there. But right now, even though I have a (sporadic) helper that I pay once a week to help prune and weed, we really are losing the battle again. All that rain the last 6 weeks and we are already overwhelmed.
Sandi, I agree with Sway, Hilo Beauty gets leaves that big for me from the ground up. Mine is nearly 4ft. tall and has 15in. leaves now. It was barely above ground in May. Once it started to rain, the thing took off. Also it seems that it never flowers, so it keeps putting up leaves all summer as long as it's warm and I keep feeding and watering it. There are at least 5 plants in this one pot, maybe more. I am definitely going to divide/separate them this winter.
