I have rather a lot of Morning Glory in various blues this year. (I planted
more than I wanted cos last year they failed to germinate - I used up all of
the old seed this year, and one packet has had 10% germination, where the
rest have mostly failed ... so now I have about 60 plants!!)

I've only ever grown them in the back, south-facing garden before, where they
have done moderately well. Since I have so many, I was thinking about trying
some in the front, which is north facing, and only gets late afternoon/evening
sun.

Would they hate that?
(It seems to be good enough for climbing roses, honeysuckle, heucherer (sp?)
and crocosmia, if that's any use)


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On 21/05/2013 12:05, wrote:
I have rather a lot of Morning Glory in various blues this year. (I planted
more than I wanted cos last year they failed to germinate - I used up all of
the old seed this year, and one packet has had 10% germination, where the
rest have mostly failed ... so now I have about 60 plants!!)

I've only ever grown them in the back, south-facing garden before, where they
have done moderately well. Since I have so many, I was thinking about trying
some in the front, which is north facing, and only gets late afternoon/evening
sun.

Would they hate that?
(It seems to be good enough for climbing roses, honeysuckle, heucherer (sp?)
and crocosmia, if that's any use)


Try it.

On Tue, 21 May 2013 11:05:36 +0000, vicky wrote:

Would they hate that?

I've planted them north facing, no problem. Takes them a little longer
to get going though.



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Gardening in Lower Normandy

On 21 May 2013 11:05:36 GMT, wrote:

I have rather a lot of Morning Glory in various blues this year. (I planted
more than I wanted cos last year they failed to germinate - I used up all of
the old seed this year, and one packet has had 10% germination, where the
rest have mostly failed ... so now I have about 60 plants!!)

I've only ever grown them in the back, south-facing garden before, where they
have done moderately well. Since I have so many, I was thinking about trying
some in the front, which is north facing, and only gets late afternoon/evening
sun.

Would they hate that?
(It seems to be good enough for climbing roses, honeysuckle, heucherer (sp?)
and crocosmia, if that's any use)

IME a lot of this "plant against south facing fence", "shield from
morning sun" and all that is merely so that whoever has sold the
plants gets more *very* satisfied customers. Most plants will adapt
happily. I've got sun lovers in shade, shade lovers in sun. A
neighbour has loads of camellias which never fail to catch the rising
sun and which look a lot better than mine which are planted "according
to instructions".

What will you do with the plants otherwise? You've nothing to lose by
having a go. Let us know how you get on.

FWIW I left a wall planter full of tender fuchsias out on the wall
through the winter as an experiment. They're growing better than my
cosseted cuttings in the greenhouse!

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Cheers, Jake
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Hobbling along and Urgling from the East end of
Swansea Bay