Hi, njoynit! I'm sort of awed by you because you know people and
plants here and I always feel stupid, even about things I know a little about. It's the people thing. I do
plants better than people.
ANYWAY, ... I don't know anything about H. Obovata, #1. I, also, am
growing a Carnosa veriegata (either krimson queen or krimson princess). I (with embarrassment to admit) nipped and pocketed some growth point cuttings from a local nursery about 4 months ago. They rooted easilly and are beginning to grow in an East facing window in generaly moist to dry-moist rich soil. (This is realitivly speaking as most of what I grow are
succulents in quick draining, sort of poor soil.) It's just green and white. Come this
spring-summer, I will move it to stronger light to bring out the pink. I've seen these in restaurant windows with many beautiful
flowers. I've had a Publicalyx cv. pink-silver (that I paid for!) for many years. The thing is rampant. I've got it decorated as a Christmas
tree right now. Sometimes I hack it back, usualy in late May, just before I put it outside under the Catalpa
tree. Last
spring I put it out when the temperatures were fine for it, but the
tree hadn't fully leafed out and it severely sunburned. It just kept
growing. Didn't even slow down. It just keeps
growing. Nothing I do changes its growth. It's always taller than the ceiling, always happy, and never blooms. I've read that it is "shy to bloom." Well, if so, mine is very shy.
Well, I grow some, but I don't know that I know more than you.