On 2013-03-11 17:56:29 +0000, David Hill said:

On 11/03/2013 16:54, Janet wrote:
In article , lid says...

On 11/03/2013 10:57, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-03-11 08:45:14 +0000, Charlie Pridham said:

Same for us here Janet, lack of summer heat is a bigger problem than
winter cold.

Plus winter wet! We had a Cytisus battandieri in what we thought was a
sheltered spot and it lasted precisely one year. I don't think it was a
particularly cold winter, so suspect it was the wet wot got it.

I wouldn't be surprised.

I have one five years old, has grown well to five ft wide and hight, but still
hasn't flowered :-( It's in a raised bed, sunny spot, sheltered from wind..


One thing we haven't mentioned is the source of the plant.

Probably "a polytunnel in Holland".

Janet

I was always taught to buy from the North.
That way the plants would be more hardy that plants bought from the south.

Years ago, I remember reading that plants should never be moved north.
I remember mentioning that on here a long time ago and nobody had heard
of it. The point, however, is surely that it's better to buy plants
grown 'hard', rather than hothouse softies?
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
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