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Akebia quinata alba
On 26/03/2014 22:47, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-03-26 16:45:24 +0000, Spider said: On 26/03/2014 16:31, Sacha wrote: On 2014-03-26 16:18:30 +0000, Spider said: On 25/03/2014 22:19, Sacha wrote: On 2014-03-25 18:21:08 +0000, Spider said: On 25/03/2014 11:19, Sacha wrote: I've just popped out to the Nursery and this climber is growing on pillars along the path. The scent is astonishing! It always amazes and delights me that such wonderful smells come from such little flowers! I have often admired this climber, but have read conflicting advice that it is "tender, requiring shelter" and "hardy, H7. Surely, they can't both be right? Has yours ever seen a really hard winter, Sacha? Indeed, has anyone on urg grown it in harsh conditions? It's been on the chains and pillars outside the Tea Room through a couple of tough winters here, Spider, including the toughest in - was it 2010 - when we had ice and snow for days on end, most unusual here. It's probably a bit sheltered by that position but during that harsh winter it was surrounded by snow and ice. It's very vigorous, too. Thanks, Sacha. Sounds lovely :~). I may have a panel of trellis that would suit it very well. It will get good light and lots of afternoon sun there. Just been past it again and the scent has even permeated the first couple of feet into the big greenhouse! Now you're making me jealous! Gardeners are supposed to have green fingers, not green eyes! I shall have to see if my local gc has one. The scent of the alba is quite different, and very strong, ime. I hope, then, that I can find a gc with both colour forms, so probably not my local one. Must remember to take my nose with me, which doesn't always work :~(. I'd like to sample the scent before I buy, if poss. Am I to assume, because of the common name Chocolate Vine, that the scent is chocolatey? -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
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