Will Palmatum water shoots EVER lignify?

[Mike Corazzi]

Yeh, it was free. But, man the WATER SHOOTS!
No growth. Just limpy simpy red stem WATER SHOOTS !!!

 

[Shibui]

Need to see what you are looking at and because different people use different terms for same things but I suspect you are just being too impatient. All shoots will harden and lignify in their own good time.

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Need to see what you are looking at and because different people use different terms for same things but I suspect you are just being too impatient. All shoots will harden and lignify in their own good time.

These are the kind that start off looking like strips of paper thin red rhubarb that looks like it's ...peeling...off a limb. Usually close to the trunk or a crotch.
They extend semi transparent long long internodes that have no substance.

And are ugly as sin.