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Sarah Dale wrote:
On Fri, 02 May 2003 19:22:17 +0000, Nick Maclaren wrote:
Obligatory woody and semi-woody evergreens like Solanum crispum or
jasminoides are usually very sensitive to being cut back to the
ground by frost; in the case of S. crispum, it definitely is.

I must beg to difer, here in North Wales, I inherited a solanum crispum
with my garden when I bought it. Since then we have had 2 weeks frozen
with snow (2001), and more recently, heavy frosts and very cold weather
right through February this year. I've never seen any damage on the
solanum crispum in all this time, in fact it is flowering right now.

Has it been cut down to the ground by frost? And what do you mean by
very cold weather? This was a WARM winter in most places!

In Cambridge, 20 years back, a very cold fortnight was -10 to -15 at
night, staying well below freezing in the day, with a near-continual
wind. The ground would freeze 4" down. We haven't had a cold (let
alone very cold) winter in nearly a decade.

When I lost my S. crispum, it was 3 days of -10 at night, below freezing
in the day, with a 10 MPH wind. Nothing exceptional.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.