On Thu, 17 May 2007 17:09:36 +0200
"David \(Normandy\)" wrote:

We do get some hard frosts here over Winter, not sure what the lowest
temperature is though. I've had a brainwave (feel free to laugh). Over the

David,

It's wise to choose plants that will resist to -15 C where you are. In fact
it was a little colder (-18) one year, can't remember, maybe 96. Since we've
been here, that is.

If interested you could inquire at the Pépinières Boulay, in Courseboeufs
(near Ballon in the Sarthe) who sells very large mature Olives. Although
the 40 or so miles south puts them into a different (and sunnier) climate,
they work in this area -- on Saturday at the market at Sées -- and I've
bought trees from them. A good nursery with many hard to find (in France)
plants.

cheers,

-E
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