Aristolochia gigantea
 

I have a plant of Aristolochia gigantea in a 12"pot, it's now very vigourous
and needs more space. I am thinking of moving it into a bigger pot in my
(relatively) unheated conservatory which is in Bristol in the SW uk, frost
are rare here, I wonder how the plant will get on? I hear conflicting
evidence that Aristolochia gigantea is ok to 28F (slightly sub zero). I grow
many cacti in an unheated greenhouse and so this may be possible. The
conservatory is North facing on a single storey extension and is shaded by
external bamboo blinds to make it tolerable in the summer otherwise it is
simply too hot.

What are your thoughts on this?

T



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"Trunky" wrote in message
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I have a plant of Aristolochia gigantea in a 12"pot, it's now very
vigourous
and needs more space. I am thinking of moving it into a bigger pot in my
(relatively) unheated conservatory which is in Bristol in the SW uk, frost
are rare here, I wonder how the plant will get on? I hear conflicting
evidence that Aristolochia gigantea is ok to 28F (slightly sub zero). I
grow
many cacti in an unheated greenhouse and so this may be possible. The
conservatory is North facing on a single storey extension and is shaded by
external bamboo blinds to make it tolerable in the summer otherwise it is
simply too hot.

What are your thoughts on this?

T

Mine survived winter in an unheated conservatory but got eaten by snails and
I lost it while small.

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