On 6/9/05 10:02, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:

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Seriously. We are too far north and do not have warm enough
summers to grow even such easy tropical weeds successfully.
I have exactly the same experience as you - last year, I got
a lot to grow, but they didn't start to flower properly until
August. This year has been too bloody cold.

We start ours off in nice-looking pots under glass and then move them
outside around July. Ray did a couple to go over an arch for a charity
flower festival we had here and they looked marvellous. Those are now
either side of the first arch of the Laburnum path. The ones he's trained
up strings in the big greenhouse are flowering beautifully, too and are nice
strong plants. But we have had some very hot weather lately and I think it's
made a big difference.
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www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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