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Anyone growing it or any of it's varieties successfully in the UK? Where
about in the UK are you? Does it take frost? Does it flower well and when? -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... Anyone growing it or any of it's varieties successfully in the UK? Where about in the UK are you? Does it take frost? Does it flower well and when? -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK I can nearly get it through the winter outside here, I suspect if you were very coastal or inner city it may be doable, here it grows in an unheated greenhouse and flowers 365 days a year and remains evergreen. -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cvs http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk |
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I had the hybrid P. x dalmaisiana growing here for several years. So
well in fact that I had to shift it, which proved to be a fatal move. They don't like being disturbed once established. After a couple of years settling in, it was almost constantly in flower and the bright magenta against the blue-green leaves was a very telling combination. The green leaved myrtifolia is widely used for low hedging in Cyprus where it seems to withstand inordinate butchery and yet continues to flower freely. |
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On Nov 8, 11:12*pm, Dave Poole wrote:
I had the hybrid P. x dalmaisiana growing here for several years. *So well in fact that I had to shift it, which proved to be a fatal move. They don't like being disturbed once established. *After a couple of years settling in, it was almost constantly in flower and the bright magenta against the blue-green leaves was a very telling combination. The green leaved myrtifolia is widely used for low hedging in Cyprus where it seems to withstand *inordinate butchery and yet continues to flower freely. I had one here growing under cold glass, but I lost it last winter. David |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote ...
Anyone growing it or any of it's varieties successfully in the UK? Where about in the UK are you? Does it take frost? Does it flower well and when? I was just laughing to myself about the replies, if someone had asked me who I thought might reply you would all have been on the list. Perhaps I've been on this Ng too long. :-) Thank you all for your experience and comments. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W. of London UK |
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regards, Lannerman. |
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"lannerman" wrote
Bob Hobden wrote Anyone growing it or any of it's varieties successfully in the UK? Where about in the UK are you? Does it take frost? Does it flower well and when? Hi Bob, this charming shrub is a very good seller for me here in west cornwall and this is what I advise my customers to do. For the first couple of years, prune it back by half in the spring and then the subsequent seasons growth again by half in the first week of August. By doing this, you form a dense bush which will be better able to stand cold weather. The problem is that they flower just about all year and so people are loathed to prune them as they always have flowers somewhere ! I have quite a few customers from your area (mostly holiday makers) and I would advise growing it in a container for this initial 'bushing up' stage and planting it out when it was a little larger and bushier, of course, ensuring you have the required acid soil, in which they do much better. Thanks for that information, that process would be do-able for me however the soil at home is about neutral, would that be unsuitable? I can always "improve" the acidity but the natural situation is neutral. Unfortunately I already have too many large pots of plants (citrus etc) that need frost free care so could not provide another large plant with protection. I do sometimes get to N. Cornwall, the Camelford area, so whereabouts is your nursery? -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W. of London UK |
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survived -8c last winter, but they were cut back by the frost but came easily from the base in the spring. I must admit that I kept them really dry during the cold weather and like all these 'borderline' plants, that seems to be the secret- dry compost doesnt freeze as much !! I salmon fish the upper reaches of the river Camel at Advent Church nr. Camelford !! I do have a nursery near Falmouth but I'm not open to the public. I sell my plants at the Hayle and Rosudgeon car boot sales (next year is my 20th year) from March to October so, if your about, I'd be pleased to see you. regards, Lannerman. |
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"Sacha" wrote
"Bob Hobden" said: Anyone growing it or any of it's varieties successfully in the UK? Where about in the UK are you? Does it take frost? Does it flower well and when? It was killed off here in the garden about 3 years ago. I lost it in a Jersey garden, too, during an unusually severe winter for Jersey. They do fine in the greenhouses. I'll scrub it off my list then. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W. of London UK |
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