"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 12/10/06 09:18, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote:


"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message
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Can't believe my luck, just got back inside after sitting in the sun
most
of
the afternoon (still in holiday mode!) surrounded by Hedychiums,
Cannas,
Tibouchinas, and Cassia corymbosa. It was like being back on holiday
and
nearly as warm.

I wish I could say me too but it has been monsoon weather here-nice and
warm
so still good growing weather. Tibouchina /Cassia are these evergreen
and
what chance would a very optimistic chap in Yorkshire stand with them?
:-)


You may possibly get away with Tibouchina against a hot wall with a
loose
mulch but are unlikely to see flowers. Not sure about the cassia (senna)
as
the form I have now is a lot hardier than its predecessor and kept its
leaves last winter and has grown huge.

Thinking of purple flowers, I heard from David P the other day that his
Hardenbergia violacea is going great guns and threatening to take over
half
his neighbourhood. I'm very envious as we can only grow that indoors,
though I'm tempted to persuade Ray to try it against the house wall next
year. There's also a bushy pink form that I'd like to try, though the
colour is nothing like so good, IMO.

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

That's a definite no no for me as well, I find those tender plants that are
spring flowering to be a lot harder to grow than those later flowering.
not so sunny here today but very mild. Was expecting to get on with clearing
up the garden but its all look great at the moment so I shall just have to
continue to sit in it!

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea