"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 27/12/06 23:26, in article , "Bob
Hobden" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote ((big snip))

He says "not overwhelmed" but the colour is quite interesting. It's a
medium
sized flower, long like the old-fashioned Fuchsias. The sepals are
scarlet
and the centre almost black. I asked about the climbing properties and
he
says his got up to about 8' in the greenhouse here but the one he saw
in
Tresco was about 20 to 30' up a tree and must have been donkey's years
old.
It's not a natural climber, in that it doesn't self support and has to
be
tied in. He thinks it's almost hardy here so T&M's claim that it's
hardy
might not apply to all parts of UK! That said, I've ordered some from
St
Giles because I'm interested to see what it does!

BTW they also have a trailing Bizzy Lizzy called "Spellbound" in their
catalogue.

We don't have that one but we have a couple of others that S&G do and
which
we get as plugs - don't know the names offhand I'm afraid.

Thanks Sacha and please thank Ray for the info too.
Might be worth a go then just to see what it does here.
--
Regards
Bob H

It's always worth trying something just to see what happens. Unless it
costs a fortune, one hasn't lost much if it doesn't work and when people
dither about buying a plant as a present "because it might die", I remind
them that it's probably a third of the cost of a bunch of flowers!

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

I seem to remember one at Trengwainton too, but it seemed to me to climb as
Couch grass - ie just pushes its self into something but has no proper
climbing mechanisim, but maybe the one you are all talking about is
completely different!

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