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'Sacha[_3_ Wrote:
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"Charlie Pridham" wrote:
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I'm amazed at Charlie's Clianthus and Polygala but he's in the
tropics
compared to most! ;-))
Any more?

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I am amazed at the Clianthus as well, I grew it from seed, planted it
last January on the new wall, noticed the buds in September and its
been
flowering ever since, I thought they were a May June event, perhaps
it
will settle down as it gets older. The Polygala flowered all winter
last
year and just as I was feeling smug that nasty frost on the 4th April
killed it stone dead! (so this is me trying again under the false
hope
that we wouldn't have two cold years in a row!!)-

We bring the Polygala out in summer but put it back in autumn. It
just
wouldn't go through winter here, I'm sure. We've had no really hard
frost
yet ut I think it can only be a matter of time. Heaven knows what Feb
will
bring!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
(new website online)

Pam: I'm in Southport. The temps haven't staggered above freezing for
several days now.





Is it not unusual to have it so cold in Southport? I know you are away
north of here but you are near the sea. (its pretty chilly here too but
at or just above freezing not below)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea