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Ideas please - north facing wall
Pat Gardiner wrote:
I'm in East Anglia on clay with a good admixture of lime. So, I would have to change the soil for Lapageria rosea and it seems that although they would like a sheltered wall, north sounds a bit dodgy. Not at all. If there is one thing Lapageria hates it is sun. I grow mine (in a 40cm pot) on a north-west facing wall under a verandah, protected from south and south-west sun by a garage wall. It only ever gets any sun for a couple of hours or so in the afternoon/evening from late May through to late July - and doesn't like it. It is still in flower (started early July 2007, but usually doesn't start until mid-late August). In the 2006 - 7 flowering season, there were around 300 flowers in total. As each one lasts in excess of 3 weeks, that isn't bad going. It most certainly would be in my top 10 flowering plants. The only thing I would be worried about is a bad frost. Not sure how bad it has to be to cause severe damage (perhaps Charlie P. can advise on this), but as Lapageria is pretty slow to establish and get going, you really don't want to lose any of it. Also, as you have stated, you would have to change your soil. Either that or grow it in a large pot. But although it has fairly tough leaves, I don't think it is too keen on a dry atmosphere. And as you live in East Anglia... As a suggestion, and although a north-facing wall may not exactly suit it, how about trying Decaisnea fargesii for a bit of fun? Not too difficult from seed. -- Jeff (cut "thetape" to reply) |
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