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Cape Jasmine - Inside, Or Out?
I bought a Cape Jasmine a month, or so ago, to go in a bed at the end of my
back garden. At the garden centre it was in a well sheltered (and covered) outside area. Now I'm having second thoughts about putting it outside as it has a label which says "position in bright light (not direct sun) in a warm room." The bed I planned for it is sheltered and partially shaded. If I decide to transplant it outside I'll harden it off, for a week or so, once the overnight frosts have gone, and plant it in ericaceous compost. Am I asking for trouble putting this plant outside? What height and spread should I expect? Can it be pruned to keep it in shape/bushy? -- Crazy Dog Birmingham |
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Cape Jasmine - Inside, Or Out?
"Crazy Dog" wrote in message ... I bought a Cape Jasmine a month, or so ago, to go in a bed at the end of my back garden. At the garden centre it was in a well sheltered (and covered) outside area. Now I'm having second thoughts about putting it outside as it has a label which says "position in bright light (not direct sun) in a warm room." The bed I planned for it is sheltered and partially shaded. If I decide to transplant it outside I'll harden it off, for a week or so, once the overnight frosts have gone, and plant it in ericaceous compost. Am I asking for trouble putting this plant outside? What height and spread should I expect? Can it be pruned to keep it in shape/bushy? -- Crazy Dog Birmingham Are you talking about Tecoma capensis? if so I can not get it through the winter here but it is occasionally possible in the mildest gardens. The odds are against you :~) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs) |
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Cape Jasmine - Inside, Or Out?
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... "Crazy Dog" wrote in message ... I bought a Cape Jasmine a month, or so ago, to go in a bed at the end of my back garden. At the garden centre it was in a well sheltered (and covered) outside area. Now I'm having second thoughts about putting it outside as it has a label which says "position in bright light (not direct sun) in a warm room." The bed I planned for it is sheltered and partially shaded. If I decide to transplant it outside I'll harden it off, for a week or so, once the overnight frosts have gone, and plant it in ericaceous compost. Am I asking for trouble putting this plant outside? What height and spread should I expect? Can it be pruned to keep it in shape/bushy? Are you talking about Tecoma capensis? if so I can not get it through the winter here but it is occasionally possible in the mildest gardens. The odds are against you :~) Nope. Gardenia. |
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