Late last summer we made a bog garden and planted inter alia a Gunnera
(sp?). It was quite big and cost us £20(!) So far this year there are
no signs of life, should there be by now (Leics)?
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Late last summer we made a bog garden and planted inter alia a Gunnera
(sp?). It was quite big and cost us £20(!) So far this year there are
no signs of life, should there be by now (Leics)?

Mine, in Sussex, have been showing green shoots for about a week or so.

Colin Bignell

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Late last summer we made a bog garden and planted inter alia a Gunnera
(sp?). It was quite big and cost us £20(!) So far this year there are
no signs of life, should there be by now (Leics)?

Mine, in Sussex, have been showing green shoots for about a week or so.

The leaf shoots on mine, in western Scotland, are 6" long.

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Malcolm

"Derek Turner" wrote in message
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Late last summer we made a bog garden and planted inter alia a Gunnera
(sp?). It was quite big and cost us £20(!) So far this year there are
no signs of life, should there be by now (Leics)?

I'm in Cheshire. I planted mine very late two years ago. It's now got green
showing now and has for weeks but last year it looked dead for a long time
before finally starting. I think the main crown had been killed by frost as
it sent up 4 new shoots(?) around the edge instead.

Martin

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Did you protect the crown from frost over the winter?

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Late last summer we made a bog garden and planted inter alia a Gunnera
(sp?). It was quite big and cost us £20(!) So far this year there are
no signs of life, should there be by now (Leics)?
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Derek Turner

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On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:14:19 -0000, "Alwyn Williams"
wrote:

Did you protect the crown from frost over the winter?

no, it said nowt on the label about doing so. I take it I should have?
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:53:24 +0000, Derek Turner
wrote:

Late last summer we made a bog garden and planted inter alia a Gunnera
(sp?). It was quite big and cost us £20(!) So far this year there are
no signs of life, should there be by now (Leics)?

If anyone is in least bit interested, signs of life first noticed
yesterday!

That's good news. Our specimen is still dormant, but I haven't given up hope
yet.

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Late last summer we made a bog garden and planted inter alia a Gunnera
(sp?). It was quite big and cost us £20(!) So far this year there are
no signs of life, should there be by now (Leics)?

If anyone is in least bit interested, signs of life first noticed
yesterday!

That's good news. Our specimen is still dormant, but I haven't given up hope
yet.

I bought a diddy one for a few quid late last summer, put in a bucket
and forgot about it :-( it is however alive and showing green at the
moment in Glos.

kate

Derek Turner
wrote:

Late last summer we made a bog garden and planted inter alia a Gunnera
(sp?). It was quite big and cost us £20(!) So far this year there are
no signs of life, should there be by now (Leics)?

I have 2, a tiny one and a larger version. The main idea I gather is to
prevent the crown (like a hard ball of fibre) getting wet and then being
damaged by frost. Most years I have managed to cover the larger one with
hay and its own leaves. One year I only used leaves and they were
quickly blown away, so last year I reverted to the 'piles of hay'
method, and looking carefully under them, the first large curled
greenish shoots are on their way on both plants. I am up in the heights
SW above Cambridge, about 147m asl, so the first thing to stop the winds
from Siberia, apparently.
--
David
when the sturm und drang of a
tidal topic recedes, you frequently end up with valuable flotsam.

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Derek Turner
wrote:

Late last summer we made a bog garden and planted inter alia a Gunnera
(sp?). It was quite big and cost us £20(!) So far this year there are
no signs of life, should there be by now (Leics)?

I have 2, a tiny one and a larger version. The main idea I gather is to
prevent the crown (like a hard ball of fibre) getting wet and then being
damaged by frost. Most years I have managed to cover the larger one with
hay and its own leaves. One year I only used leaves and they were
quickly blown away, so last year I reverted to the 'piles of hay'
method, and looking carefully under them, the first large curled
greenish shoots are on their way on both plants. I am up in the heights
SW above Cambridge, about 147m asl, so the first thing to stop the winds
from Siberia, apparently.
--
David
when the sturm und drang of a
tidal topic recedes, you frequently end up with valuable flotsam.


The knack with leaves is not to break them off but fold them over leaving the
stalk intact. Otherwise when they dry out they do blow away.

--
Jonathan Ward
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Jonathan Ward writes

The knack with leaves is not to break them off but fold them over leaving the
stalk intact. Otherwise when they dry out they do blow away.

You haven't seen our winds. If they can remove slates then they can take
or move leaves. I'll stick to my piles of hay thanks :-)
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David

Derek Turner wrote:

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:14:19 -0000, "Alwyn Williams"
wrote:

Did you protect the crown from frost over the winter?

no, it said nowt on the label about doing so. I take it I should have?


Its not a bad idea unless its under some extremly good shelter of trees
and water.
//
Jim