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Old 30-08-2008, 12:16 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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In article ,
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On 30/8/08 09:22, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote:


In article ,
Charlie Pridham writes:
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| No ones wisterias down here had a good year this year after the heavy
| frosts at the start of April, if we have a more normal season next then
| I am sure it will get started, they tend to get better and better :~)

It wasn't a problem here - they hadn't woken up by then :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.


Our wisteria 'tree' flowered very well but the ones we saw elsewhere on
walls etc. were quite sulky.
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As Nick implied to far ahead, your free standing one would have been
later, it only seems to effect the growths once they reach a certain
size, but it was a sad sight this year.
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
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Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea