"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
On 8/3/05 9:25, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
k...
Has anyone tried growing this in UK? I can't imagine it surviving
outside
a
large conservatory but I'm curious to know if anyone has tried and
therefore
whether it will grow and flower in a smaller form as e.g. the Jacaranda
will. I think its proper name is Delonix regia.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)


Hi Sacha, I tried growing it from seed but it was unhappy in the
unheated
greenhouse (Tibouchina was fine) so I gave up!

Doesn't sound promising then because ours is only heated to just above
frost
level. I'm guessing too that light levels in Britain wouldn't be good
enough for long enough, either. Isn't it maddening when you see something
like this growing as a street tree in other countries?!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove the weeds to email me)

There are loads of things we have been trying of late many of which have
died this year in the -7c we have had, still I shall try again with most, in
the hope we wont have two cold winters in a row! Some surprises though (must
write it all down before I forget)

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)