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Sacha writes:

Sorry - I buried this one when trying to finish some work.

| BTW, I've been meaning to ask for ages - years ago I sent you a Dahlia
| imperialis to try at the Botanic Garden. Did it ever do anything or did it
| just turn its toes up?

More or less the latter, I am afraid, but I couldn't get through to anyone
relevant, as I don't know anyone insider personally at present. The new
management is incredibly bureaucratic, and mere members of Cambridge
University can't even ask to be put through to anyone on the telephone;
they get so many such offers that they don't even have time to listen
to them, you see.

Sorry about that.

| Getting P. incarnata going is something of a triumph for you. It's really
| lovely.

It is lovely, though the current aspect (north-west) isn't ideal for
flowering. But the trick of putting it in the rain shadow is worth
other people trying - they may also need well-drained, deep soil,
of course. It isn't one that I have seen in books!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.