A couple of days ago I had a look at the tubs and boxes which will soon
get their summer plants, as it won't be too long before the violas and
polyanthus will be over their best. I was amazed to see last year's
fibrous begonias pushing through! I've also found a couple of
pelargoniums which have survived the winter at the bottom of a sheltered
south-facing wall, and are beginning to send up new growth.

It will be interesting to see if these survivors do as well as this
year's new plants.

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Jeff

On Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:02:54 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:

It will be interesting to see if these survivors do as well as this
year's new plants.

More likely the it's the wet that will have set them back.

It never did freeze here, all winter. The result is an early influx of
aphids and green caterpillars...



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Gardening in Lower Normandy

"Jeff Layman" wrote

A couple of days ago I had a look at the tubs and boxes which will soon get
their summer plants, as it won't be too long before the violas and
polyanthus will be over their best. I was amazed to see last year's
fibrous begonias pushing through! I've also found a couple of pelargoniums
which have survived the winter at the bottom of a sheltered south-facing
wall, and are beginning to send up new growth.

It will be interesting to see if these survivors do as well as this year's
new plants.


We have one Pel (Doris Moore) that has been flowering of sorts through the
winter, it's in a large pot on our North facing patio tucked in the corner
against our house and garage walls. Now growing into a very healthy looking
plant that will have to be cut back, two Gazanias have also survived in the
same pot.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK

I have an autumn calendula which survived the winter and is now a neat burhy plant somthered with bright orange flowers jarring horribly with the nearby purple aubretia and dark red mossy saxifrage.