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kay · 01-05-2013, 09:47 PM

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kay wrote:

All of my references say that this is not particularly hardy, but
I am coming to the conclusion that may be another gardening myth.
Has anyone got experiences of it suffering more than slightly
with (a) -10 Celcius in winter or (b) late frosts?

Mine died last winter (2011-12) . I don't think we went down as low as
-10, and late frosts were as normal. I think what did for it was day
after day with the daytime temperature not coming above 0, and once it
did, just the combination of cold and wet.

Thanks :-(

I'm in W Yorkshire, so warmer and wetter than you, and I'm 400ft above sea level, on clay. I won't get such low temperatures as you, but I will have colder wetter soil.