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Pam Moore[_2_] · 09-03-2014, 09:36 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On Sun, 9 Mar 2014 11:19:30 +0000 (GMT),
(Nick Maclaren) wrote:

I have tried twice in the past to get Tropaeolum speciosum
established, and failed dismally both times due to warm to hot,
dry periods during much of the summer. The recent cool, wet
ones (this is Cambridge) have made me think.

If I tried again, what chance would I have? Fat, slim, or
what?

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I have tried it, got it going one year, nothing showed the next but
the next it came up again with only a little growth, then no more.
The places I have seen it growing best a
1. At Longstock, Hants, the John Lewis water garden, growing over
bushes by the waterside, so enjoying a moist root run.
2. At Misarden in Glos, growing up through a yew hedge at least 15
feet high, and in pretty dry soil.
So take your pick. There must be other factors!

Pam in Bristol