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Sacha wrote:
On 2013-04-07 22:01:11 +0100, rbel said:

Does anyone have any experience of growing this? We are looking for a
an interesting small evergreen tree to go into a 3 metre square bed
with indifferent soil and an open northerly aspect in South Devon.

The RHS plant selector indicates that it is probably hardy enough for
our location.

I've never grown it but they grow to an enormous size in the mountains
of Trodos in Cyprus, so I don't think South Devon winters would
normally faze it.

Perhaps, but the southern Ireland link is equally important. I am
thinking of the damp/frost/thaw issues that we have, and cause a
lot of strongly frost-resistant plants to turn up their toes in
the UK. If the indifferent soil is poor and free-draining, that's
probably a bonus! Bean says that there shouldn't be a problem.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.