BarbaraH wrote

Thanks for that, cheered me up no end.
Here everything is turning brown and all the leaves are on the ground or
soon will be, my Banana (M.lasiocarpa) and other tender plants have been hit
by frost and the banana will need it's winter coat soon, the sun has refused
to show itself for days, and it's now drizzling persistently.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
17 miles West of London. UK