Can't argue with that logic. You go girl, great find!

It's strange that you had so much trouble with the Catawaba. I had 2 from the exact same batch. One flowered quite a bit. The other just sat there not even flowering or putting on leaves. I thinned the soil over it's roots and started a "pond water" regime. It finally bloomed after a month. The Catawaba CM seem to be more difficult to grow than other CMs.

PJ, that may be the case. That's why it's good that we can put our heads together on this forum and try to figure things out. The bush bloomed and I love the color, but it never did get as large as it should have; not near as tall as the one I just bought. We'll see how the new one does.

I hope this one works out.