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On 2009-06-21 12:43:21 +0100, Charlie Pridham
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On 2009-06-20 13:30:47 +0100, Charlie Pridham
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Does anyone know where I can buy a coprosma (mirror plant) I live in
Kent u.k...... Are they only in the garden centres at certain times of
the year?

I'm very fond of coprosma and have acquired several different ones at
branches of B and Q, but they seem to be only occasionally in stock.
I don't know why, other than that they are not very well known in the
UK yet.

Janet

Could be because they are not very hardy - all mine are dead here!

Do you mean in the garden or in pots for sale, Charlie? We have none
in the garden so didn't suffer a loss there and the potted ones were in
a 'just above freezing' tunnel.

In the ground in the garden, I have tried them several times but they are
always frosted

Yes, I lost one at my old garden in Stokeinteignhead after my second
winter there - big mistake. We recommend them only to customers with
mild gardens. But you did have an exceptionally bad winter this year,
so it's interesting - if sad - to read that you've lost yours on a
regular basis in Cornwall. That says a lot for their tenderness.

Well we have no trees and are nearly 5 miles from the sea both to north
and south with no large towns for help with heat island effects and I
have had to learn to accept its a frosty garden! -6c lows is a winter
norm here.
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Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea