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Stuart Noble wrote:

I've had great success with rosemary against a north facing fence i.e.
well protected, but virtually no direct sunlight or rainfall. I stick a
twig in the ground every 3 years or so, and ditch the main plant every
5. Come to think of it, plenty of Mediterranean herbs also do reasonably
well there. Go figure, as they say.

Right. In the UK, a lot of our sunlight is diffused, so a northern
but open aspect can be as good as a southern but closed one. And
there are a lot of plants from more arid regions that positively
like only a little direct rainfall! One of the more extreme is
Cyclamen coum, which thrives in a total rain shadow, but it is also
the only place I have got Passiflora incarnata to grow. Some people
like cacti, of course :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.