Another pic...

One more close up

Here's what my EW looked like in first year. Pretty similar I think. You may have to wait a couple of years to draw any conclusions.

Paul

That's interesting Paul. I can't remember my other Wu coming out shiny like this one--even when it was in it's first year it was more blue. Maybe it is just lack of fertilizer and light.

Anyone else? Really like to know before I pick it's permanent home, as this will be my second Wu plant and if it's identical to the other one I will chose a different spot.

I have a young Empress Wu which I got mid June 2013.

I potted it up until some time in August when the in-ground bed was ready for it. At the time it came out of the pot, with roots already circling the pot and coming out the bottom holes, it looked like this.

And this year, it was growing quickly out of the gate. It was blooming when this was taken May 28 2014

I don't have a shot of it currently. It set one big seedpod though.

It changes quickly as I'm sure you know if you have one already. If your #2 does not begin to shape up the way you think it should, it might be something else.