On 06/08/2012 17:14, Bob Hobden wrote:
Talking to an elderly chap today and he said he has tried numerous times
to grow Physalis and they never last more than two summers. For him it's
a remembrance plant. I'm sure some on here grow these so which is the
best to grow that is truly perennial.
Soil is Thames silt/clay over gravel with pH 7 or thereabouts.

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
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from the W.of London. UK

It grows well (invasively) in our garden in clay soil under the shade of
trees. It also used to grow similarly at our house in the UK where it
was in slight shade in rich loamy soil. I'd got the impression it was
tough as old boots.