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Old 03-12-2008, 03:22 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Charlie Pridham[_2_] Charlie Pridham[_2_] is offline
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Is anyone growing this outside in the garden in the UK?
I ask as mine has set seed this year in the greenhouse so I may have some
plants to play with idc and I've heard that it is frost hardy in S. Africa
from where it comes.
So provided it's kept in well drained soil does it grow in the UK garden?

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Regards
Bob Hobden


Yes Bob, its just about indestructable. The indevidual flowers can be a bit
short lived but the foliage is good all year and they seem OK with frost and
drought.
Does better for me than the true Irises


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
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