"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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"Brigitte" writes:
| Sorry, I didn't realize I was replying to a cross-post

Sorry, nor did I :-)

Except for the Pacific north-west, there really isn't a lot of
overlap on hedging plant requirements between the USA and UK.
Some of the ones we grow will do well in many places there; others
will die during the first winter or summer. And the same thing
applies conversely - anything that takes clay here has to be
SERIOUSLY resistant to its roots standing under water for months
at a time.


I think the problem is more related to the water than the clay alone. I
have six varieties of vibunmum growing well in my heavy clay soil but my
yard is on a slope and there is never any standing water. I did have some
viburnum Judii succumbed to root rot because they were improperly planted.