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Morning Glory
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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Morning Glory
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. -- Gardening in Lower Normandy |
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Morning Glory
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! -- Cheers, Jake ======================================= Hobbling along and Urgling from the East end of Swansea Bay |
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