Coral berry shoot

A friend gave me a slip from her potted coral berry bush. The bush
grew in her dining room and took up almost as much space as a
livingroom chair. She had trimmed it back a little and thus the slip,
about four inches long.

I put the slip in water where it rooted. I planted it in a pot. It
grew wonderfully in my office window for two years, blooming, setting
fruit, and being healthy, putting out new leaves continually. That
is, until I neglected to water it for about ten days last fall. And
it died. All the leaves fell off and the berries started drying up and
falling off too. I kept planting the berries in the soil in hopes it
would start again. And, I kept watering it. Now, six months after
its death, here is a shoot, probably from the root rather than a
berry. In either case, I'm pleased.

A different version of this picture is here: www.flickr.com/photos/flipflik/14118726870