On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:14:13 +0200, Emery Davis
wrote:

On 07/02/2012 11:54 AM, Martin Brown wrote:


I'd hazard a guess that the soil is too fertile or well drained! It will
grow in the most inhospitable of places at least on a clay soil.


I think that's probably exactly right. I had it at the base of a
hornbeam hedge, in ground that was tunneled under by voles (and moles I
expect) so that any water just disappeared. It thrived there for years!

I love the stuff.

Soil here is a heavy clay (at the moment, liquid mud!). But too
fertile may be the reason as I've spent 20 years adding nutritious
stuff to the soil (which is why I don't bother with nasturtiums as
they're all leaf and little flower).

Cheers, Jake
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But I can from an acanthus!