I know this is an old thread (which I totally hijacked from Robert), but I have some questions and pictures about this very same plant, so, rather than start a new thread... :D
This pretty thing grew out and filled in at the site of the break 3 years ago. Since then it's grown about 4 feet in height and, in 2014 and 2015, it bloomed all summer long. We have really enjoyed it.
My problem now is that it's gotten way too big and unwieldy to manage in my climate. It is still potted in a 25-gallon pot, which is about as big as I can move for winter. Tree + pot are now about 10 feet tall, which makes it too tall for my garage. Besides that, it's top-heavy. It branches with 3 tips almost as often as 2, so it's pretty hefty up top. We had a breezy day yesterday, and I had to pick it up off the ground 4 times before I finally got it stabilized. It will never survive like that when our spring storms hit and we get real wind.
I really hate to have to cut it up. (This baby took 5 years and 5 feet, from a cutting, to bloom). If I do have to cut it up, I'd rather do it in the spring than now, but that doesn't solve my problem for the winter. Can I take it out of the pot to store it for the winter, on its side or something? And then cut it in the spring? And if so, where would you cut it?
