MsKitty,
Here is what you can expect after a few short years of diligent watering and good soil. This clump is from (2) 1gallon containers of basjoo....
The first pic is what they started out like this past spring...(March '07)
(May '07)
(September '07)
After being clipped for winter (November '07)
Needless to say, they are a blast to grow in our neck of the woods!!!
BTW, don't know if you noticed or not, but my Butia grew rather well this past summer also... Look at the first pic, behind the pitiful nanners and then look at the last pic of it on the other side of me!!! More than doubled in size!!!