On 2013-09-01 08:45:09 +0100, Martin said:

On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:55:32 +0100, "Trevor Appleton"
wrote:

I had one in frosty East Yorkshire for 7 or 8 years. The trunk grew to
almost 6 inches diameter. I used to dispute the claim that it was scented
though - never smelt anything from mine.

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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?

On this, I lost a few morning glory seedlings and young shoots
of a few plants died in the recent frosts. Nothing of consequence,
so far! But C. armandii had no trouble, though I have lost young
shoots in the past.

On another aspect, does anyone have experience of "Snowdrift"?
Is it a reasonably tough form, and what does it smell like?
"Apple Blossom", I know.

We have one that has survived two cold winters, one with night
temperatures down to -13C. Last winter we had two weeks of night
temperatures of -8C. My daughter lives to the north of Stoke-on Trent.
Her C. armandii has survived two cold winters too.

Perhaps it depends on whether it's on a house wall where it gets more
protection, perhaps? Certainly, when we had that very cold winter 3
years ago, we found C. armandii very hard to come by when we wanted
extra supplies.
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