On 15/03/2014 23:07, David Hill wrote:
On 15/03/2014 22:50, Spider wrote:
On 15/03/2014 20:05, David Hill wrote:
On 15/03/2014 16:41, stuart noble wrote:
The dozen or so I have in pots and troughs have been sensational this
winter, so how do I keep them over summer? I don't really have room to
plant them out but, if I put them in a shady part of the garden, are
they likely to survive? Should I re-pot perhaps? Any advice appreciated


Keep them going, feeding them with a tomato feed or similar, till the
leaves are turn yellow then find a shaded place and put the pots on
their sides to let them dry out.
Mid August stand them upright, and water the to bring them back into
growth.
This is how my late mother did it and her oldest plant was over 20 years
old.
David @ a still dry side of Swansea Bay.



... and mark where you put them. When they're dormant, they have been
mistaken for pebbles and thrown away:~/.

That's why you leave them in the pots




Ah, but my lovelies are in the ground and loving it. I just put them in
particular spots where I avoid any disturbance until I've seen the
seedlings come through. I am talking about C. hederifolium and C. coum,
though; not the tender C. persicas and the like.

--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay