Originally Posted by saltmarsh

Thanks for your interest. I live in the SC Lowcountry and the M. Velutinas grow quickly here. MY mature plants, which had frozen to the ground this year, have already bloomed twice even though they started growing much later than normal. The first bunches of fruit were fully ripe at least a month ago. They are speedy.

Wish I knew for certain if it was the cold that helped to germinate the seeds. I suspect that may be it as several others had had the same thing happen. I may try chilling some seeds this year and see what happens.

Wanted to add, these little plants will not bloom this year but I fully expect them to bloom next summer, they grow quickly.