"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Harold Walker" writes:
|
| Ones that I know of in the UK that grew without a problem was in the
fair
| city of York.....as to water logging...that is easily taken care off
with
| some deep digging plus sand or what have you...a little bit of work I
must
| admit.

Not entirely. My soil is 60% sand and 18% silt, and there have
been periods where it has been effectively waterlogged because
the rain simply didn't stop. If that is too bad, you can lose
plants because of it (I have).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Have you tried drainage pipes?