crom wrote in message ...
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)?

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.

Cheers
Crom

You can leave them in the ground if the drainage is ok, but you may have
problems with late flowering some varieties need starting early to flower in
time. If lifted, don't let them dry right out but don't water them unless
they are getting very dry.
I leave mine out and stick to the early flowered species mostly grown from
seed.

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
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