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Sacha writes:
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| Is anyone growing this? I ask simply because they're in flower now and it's
| just such a lovely, delicate plant. It's a sport of the better known P.
| caerulea, I think and it's white and wonderful AND it's as hardy as its
| cousin.

Yes. It is facing south-east, and is a sparse grower and shy flowerer
with me. It's OK, but not exciting.

Admittedly, my caerulea hasn't flowered at all so far this year, for
reasons known only to itself. It is possibly because it has access
to a lot more water and was cut back hard.

The one that I am chuffed with is my P. incarnata, which I grew from
seed, and is flowering now. It is the very devil to grow in most parts
of the UK, as it can't stand the combination of even slight frost and
waterlogging. Mine is in the rain shadow of the eaves, sharing a bed
with Cyclamen coum, which also likes that.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.