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Cobea Scandens
My Cobea Scandens (cup and saucer plant) was just about to flower when the
cold weather arrived. It seems to have stopped growing now although the frosts don't appear to have damaged it in any permanent way. Is it likely to survive the winter here in Cheshire? If so, should it be cut back or just left running rampant through the hedge? -- Martin & Anna Sykes ( Remove x's when replying ) http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sykesm |
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Cobea Scandens
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:24:27 -0000, "Martin Sykes"
wrote: ~My Cobea Scandens (cup and saucer plant) was just about to flower when the ~cold weather arrived. It seems to have stopped growing now although the ~frosts don't appear to have damaged it in any permanent way. Is it likely to ~survive the winter here in Cheshire? If so, should it be cut back or just ~left running rampant through the hedge? no chance I'm afraid - I had some just starting to flower a couple of years ago when the frosts hit... they turned to mush quite fast. It's recommended starting them off sometime in early Feb so that there is half a chance of them coming into flower... or keep them in a conservatory and get ready for the quatermass vine :-) Dad tries to grow them every year and he's getting earlier and earlier... still the best we've done is a couple of weeks of flowers. -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
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