miketropic wrote:I would say there very worth it. I have had one a few years now..has about 12 pups at the moment and takes -13c without a problem. I cut it back after first frost throw a bag with a bit of straw in it over the top and its good all winter..maybe a flower next year.
That's exactly what I used to do with mine. It was the first tropical/exotic plant that I grew and it's the plant that first got me into this hobby in the first place! I have always been a gardener but musella got me hooked on tropicals!
I got low on straw one year so didn't protect is as well as I should have done and it wiped out a whole clump except for one pup which after transplanting died the following year!
Wrap well and it comes back year after year!
Pic is of my 3 year old clump that I lost the winter after this pic was taken. (Winter 2010)
I purchased a replacement this year which will be planted out next spring