On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:12:18 +0100, Klara wrote:

Don't you love the feel of the leaves, though?

Yes. The leaves feel like velvet, the flowers look like velvet!

However it looks as though I amdestined to have a straggly stick of a
plant for part of the year.
Thanks for the good advice.
There was a biggish one (6ft) at Heligan, in the little summer house
in the Italian garden in 2003. That was pretty straggly also.

Pam in Bristol