On 24/01/2017 22:26, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:


Have one in the garden which is now 23 years old. looses some of the
new growth every winter but still growing well. Temperatures here down
to -24C. some winters.

Phil
Norrthern

Your accent is showing :-)

Highlands of Scotland, 40 miles N. of Inverness

So you don't get the 15 feet growth per year up there?


You only get that sort of growth on trees that are coppiced fed and
watered, you do this if you want the large leaves rather than flowers

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Charlie Pridham
Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk