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Old 03-01-2006, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlie Pridham
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Has anyone here,got advice on when to plant,a mahonia.
TIA
Grumpy!



Most container grown plants can be planted at any time, you have to watch
with evergreens however that they do not have very cold weather after
planting as they continue to lose moisture but can not replace it via their
roots quickly enough as the ground is frozen and can die of drought in the
middle of winter, so are sometimes recommended for spring planting, while
water hungrey plants were always planted in Autumn but all that has become
much more blurred and most people plant when it suits them these days!
It does no harm to know why the advice was given though.

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
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Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)
Thank you Charlie,Just what I needed to know,for the moment.
I will put off buying one for a couple of months yet!
Grumpy in Gloucestershire.
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