"H Ryder" wrote in message
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I grew Barnsley and Rosa ones back in Cheshire. They usually kept their
leaves all winter. I just cut back what I wanted to in autumn, just to get
a
good shape for the winter adn to prevent them breaking in the wind, then
pruned again hard in spring. Usually by this time the plant had soem frost
damage on some of the leaves which I would just cut off. Both seemed to
respond well to this.

I'm in Cornwall, so my pink lavatera usually winters quite well, if
sheltered from the wind. I grow mine in a large tub.

Vee