"Andy" wrote in message
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"Martin Brown" wrote in message
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crom wrote:
We bought a few of these plants at a garden centre before the summer.
They've looked fantastic all summer and I was wondering whether we
should dig them up and keep them indoors for the winter or whether
they'll survive in the SW (Avon)?

They have never survived for me outdoors in Belgium, but were fine in an
unheated glasshouse. They don't like frosts or wet feet when dormant.

You can try a bit of one outdoors. Against a wall or with minor
protection from the elements it might just be OK in a mild winter. I
wouldn't take the chance with one I was fond of...

I have overwintered daturas in N Yorks so it depends a lot on the
weather.

If I should dig them up, do I need to do anything special to them. I
was intending on wrapping them up in newspaper and keeping them
slightly moist.

I try to keep them cool and dry in loose peat but frost free. They only
need water again when they start back into active growth.


I overwintered some in a bag of wood shavings in my unheated greenhouse
( southwest near the coast, so really not that cold at any point ) and
they all
were dead when I came to plant them the following year. Maybe I'm
just unlucky.



I leave mine outside planted in large eathernware clay pots with Hostas
amongst them. Stood on the patio where I can keep an eye on them they do
well and I find here in North Bucks they grow very well

They have been ouside for over two years now and are bulking up nicely. I
must empty the pots, next Spring, when the hostas start to show. They are
getting overcrowed and the quality of the Cannas is suffereing. I'll thin
them out and replant some of then in the garden, others I'll in pots with
plenty of slow release fertilizer next
Spring. and use spares as dot plants when the bedding is starting to go
over.

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Regards,
Alan



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