On 2009-10-23 19:07:19 +0100, David in Normandy
said:

Sacha wrote:

The Gunnera is definitely in autumn mode.

Mine has been looking miserable all Summer. I planted it in the dampest
part of the property where the soil is usually wet. However it baked
hard and the plant sulked. It has picked up over the last month or two
with all the rain - just in time to die down for Winter. It was doing
so well in Spring too. I bought it in a 5" pot three years ago and it
spreads about 6 feet wide 6 feet high now :-) ... when it isn't sulking.

Ours is in a shady and damp area of the garden and is the triffid of
the whole place. This area rarely dries out completely. One minute
there's nothing to be seen and the next it's 10' high - seriously. I
really must take a pic of it next year because I used to have one of
Ray standing under a leaf and it dwarfs him and he's 6'2. The next
minute - or so it seems - autumn is upon us and it's collapsed and is
looking truly pathetic, sad and wan.
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Sacha