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evergreen climbers for greenhouse
On 27/6/08 09:16, in article
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"Jeff Layman" wrote:
Charlie Pridham wrote:
It may be a bit cold for the pandorea (My fil used to live on the
Brown Clee hills) and there is an all white flowered form (lady Di I
think) and the straight species is white flowered with a pink eye.
If you want yellow flowers try looking at macfadyena unguis-cati or
Hibbertia scandens, both will take a few degrees of frost as will
Pandorea pandorana Golden Showers
I've had Macfadyena unguis-cati growing in a greenhouse for years (it also
grows happily outside on a south wall). But it has never flowered, despite
being a rampant grower; references often state that it needs a hotter summer
than our climate provides to flower successfully. Maybe your experience is
different.
I would strongly recommend Hardenbergia violacea. Ours grows in an unheated
greenhouse which is kept just above freezing. It rewards us by flowering
wonderfully and if it's in a really sheltered spot, it can be grown
outdoors.
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