in article , Victoria Clare
at wrote on 9/4/03 10:45 am:

Sacha wrote in
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Even Cornwall can have its cold spots! But the conditions you
describe do sound very sheltered and ideal.

Well, my bit of Cornwall is not the warmest, but I'm now thinking of trying
this in my greenhouse. I have a soil bed under my greenhouse staging that
I don't tend to grow anything in because it's a bit difficult to get at and
shaded by the staging.

There is a corner broken off one of the panes down there, so I'm thinking -
plant into the shaded bed under the staging, and train the shoots out
through the little gap into the outside world, where there is a sunny
berberis hedge it can ramble over.

It's not a heated greenhouse though, so I guess I will need to take
cuttings each year and overwinter inside, if I try this.

Any obvious holes in this idea that I have not spotted?

Sounds good to me but yes, if it's not heated at all, I think you'll have to
take cuttings. The house ours are kept in is kept just above freezing over
the winter. You could always experiment with one of your cuttings outside
over winter, once it's a big grown up plant!
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Sacha
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