On 9/8/05 22:04, in article , "Kay"
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In article , Sacha
writes
On 9/8/05 17:38, in article , "Kay"
wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes
On 9/8/05 12:18, in article , "Kay"
wrote:

Ours is flowering happily on a pergola in Yorkshire, in a shaded garden.
Latest frost can be up to first week of June, but the wisteria doesn't
flower till after that. Maybe it can cope better with consistent late
frosts, rather than late frosts which happen some years and not others?

I've had no experience of growing Wisteria any further north than
Devonshire, Kay. ;-) Going by what you say, it appears that the flower
buds don't get 'knocked back' by late frosts if they're not severe
('because' they're not severe?)

Good question! How severe are our May/June frosts compared with your
March/April ones?

Dunno. What minus do yours get to?

Dunno :-)
Whiteness and limp leaves. Blackened pieris shoots. No ice on ponds.

Perhaps all this explains why gardening is an art and not a science. Last
year we went down to -3. Ray tells me the worst he's known here is -10.
The Wisteria on the house wall has been here longer than Ray has (24 years)
The Jersey winter that harmed my Wisteria there went to -5 and was a two-off
in my last stint there of 21 years.
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Sacha
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