"Chookie" wrote in message
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"Andrew G" wrote:

However the best thing would be wait 'till spring.

No.

At least, not in Sydney and I imagine it's the same for the OP. Autumn
planting gives the plants a chance to develop their root systems before
being
exposed to high temperatures. If you plant tube stock in spring, you lose
heaps over summer.

Hi Chookie, good point, but:

The main reason I thought it would be best to wait to Spring, is that parts
of the Hunter Valley can get quite severe frosts in Winter. In the bigger
part which is inland especially, but guess it depends where the OP is.
Also that the conditons they were being planted in weren't quite ideal to
get established before frosts.

Here on the Mid North coast last winter we had a large amount of Frosts for
a change. We lost many Bouganvilleas and Callistemons as tubestock that were
planted in March April. I should point out it wasn't the frost itself that
hurt them, but the morning sun hitting the frosted plants. We noticed that
wherever sprinklers has hit the plants, they were ok. The sprinklers came on
before the sun had hit them.

IMO if I were in an area that suffered from heavy frosts and didn't have the
best soil conditions, I would wait 'till the last frost was over, then plant
them. While waiting I'd be preparing the soil.



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April.
Pop down and see what's on offer.

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