"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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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.


Remembrance plant for me too. My grandfather had it and it was always
there, slightly shaded nearth old apple tree.