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Sacha writes:
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| | I've only just seen this post. Would the famous Holboellia fit the OP's
| | requirements, Nick?
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| Dunno. Mine was quite happy with last winter, which was mild and
| dropped to only -8 Celcius. But I haven't got any flowers yet,
| as they have always been frosted. It is quite likely that it is
| another plant that is leaf hardy over a much larger range than it
| is flower hardy!
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| We got down to -7 last year and still had flowers this year, though possibly
| not as many as in previous years.

It wasn't the -8 that caused the trouble, but the late frosts of
-1 to -3 that did. One of them also took out all the flower buds
on my wisteria.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.