On 2014-03-09 21:41:37 +0000, Pam Moore said:

On Sun, 09 Mar 2014 21:36:18 +0000, Pam Moore
wrote:

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

Oh, and;3
Over bushes by the drive of The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum,
Devon. Haven't been there since Wildside opened but it grew very well
there and that was on a slope, so not wet.

Pam in Bristol

It is said to be the wetter side of the moor, however!
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