View Single Post
  #2   Report Post  
Old 20-12-2007, 10:02 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Sacha Sacha is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,995
Default is it too late to fleece camellias?

On 20/12/07 09:52, in article , "Si"
$3o&m wrote:


It was -7"C here last night. Am I too late to wrap the camellias in
fleece to protect the buds?


Probably a question of better late than never. You have nothing to lose if
you do it. Not all Camellias are frost hardy but most are, once well
established. We've gone down to -6 here without Camellia problems.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'