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Begonia luxurians
I believe some people leave this out over winter and find that it does
survive, even after last winter but has anyone here had experience of this, personally? A customer has asked our advice on how to over-winter hers and we've advised a frost-free greenhouse. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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Begonia luxurians
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:14:04 +0100, Sacha wrote:
I believe some people leave this out over winter and find that it does survive, even after last winter but has anyone here had experience of this, personally? Yes. But you can do your own leg work. Spammer. A customer has asked our advice on how to over-winter hers and we've advised a frost-free greenhouse. And? What do you want? A Blue Peter badge? |
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Begonia luxurians
James spat:
Yes. But you can do your own leg work. Spammer. A customer has asked .... And? What do you want? A Blue Peter badge? Yawn, morons out and about again I see. Anyway Sacha, Begonia luxurians can be just about overwintered outside in very mild areas provided there is some evergreen overhead cover to lessen the risk of radiation damage on clear nights in winter. Even then, weather like we had last year weakens it so much that it takes most of the ensuing summer to resume poor growth. Luxurians can certainly tolerate a *few* very short spells down to -2C without damage to the foliage or canes, but it will not cope with night-long, sub-zero temperatures well and one or two instances of -4C will see it cut to the ground. Although there are plenty of subterranean buds from which it can regenerate, they are reluctant to sprout after a lot of cold damage. Mine came through 3 winters extremely well, usually flowering around Christmas/New Year and developing 40cms wide leaves each summer. This last winter inflicted significant damage and it's barely worth keeping. It is one of those tender perennials that probably needs replacing every few years and if your customer wants to be certain of keeping her plant, she should definitely overwinter it in a frost free or slightly heated greenhouse. |
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Begonia luxurians
On 2009-09-21 19:06:04 +0100, DaveP said:
James spat: Yes. But you can do your own leg work. Spammer. A customer has asked .... And? What do you want? A Blue Peter badge? Yawn, morons out and about again I see. Anyway Sacha, Begonia luxurians can be just about overwintered outside in very mild areas provided there is some evergreen overhead cover to lessen the risk of radiation damage on clear nights in winter. Even then, weather like we had last year weakens it so much that it takes most of the ensuing summer to resume poor growth. Luxurians can certainly tolerate a *few* very short spells down to -2C without damage to the foliage or canes, but it will not cope with night-long, sub-zero temperatures well and one or two instances of -4C will see it cut to the ground. Although there are plenty of subterranean buds from which it can regenerate, they are reluctant to sprout after a lot of cold damage. I think we should try one out in the bed behind the tea room - plenty of cover there - and see what happens. I'll ask the boss about that. ;-) Mine came through 3 winters extremely well, usually flowering around Christmas/New Year and developing 40cms wide leaves each summer. This last winter inflicted significant damage and it's barely worth keeping. It is one of those tender perennials that probably needs replacing every few years and if your customer wants to be certain of keeping her plant, she should definitely overwinter it in a frost free or slightly heated greenhouse. I think that's what she'll do as that's what we've advised her to do. We did tell her that some brave souls risk their plants outside but she does love hers and I think she probably won't want to do that. She only got them this year and likes them so much she was prepared to treat them as annuals if need be! Thanks for all this personal experience info, David. It's always so interesting to read what others do with their plants and what happens in their gardens, too. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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