I have one of these in a pot (freebee from a garden show last autumn!)

It's in the GH ATM but I was wondering just how much frost it will take??

Any experiences with one in the ground outside?
Jenny

"JennyC" wrote in message
...
I have one of these in a pot (freebee from a garden show last autumn!)

It's in the GH ATM but I was wondering just how much frost it will take??

Any experiences with one in the ground outside?
Jenny
I have had one in a bucket sized pot outside this winter and it is making
new growth.It is in a sheltered position and in East Yorks.Lovely
fragrance.It has been a mild winter-I didn't wrap up a musa
basjoo-banana-and it is making new growth.

spakker wrote:
"JennyC" wrote in message
...

I have one of these in a pot (freebee from a garden show last autumn!)

It's in the GH ATM but I was wondering just how much frost it will take??

Any experiences with one in the ground outside?
Jenny

Perfectly hardy in south england and sheltered parts north.
Will grow well in poor dry soil too - that should give you a clue!

Flora

"Flora" wrote in message
...
spakker wrote:
"JennyC" wrote in message
...

I have one of these in a pot (freebee from a garden show last autumn!)

It's in the GH ATM but I was wondering just how much frost it will
take??

Any experiences with one in the ground outside?
Jenny

Perfectly hardy in south england and sheltered parts north.
Will grow well in poor dry soil too - that should give you a clue!

Flora

Hi Jenny down here any bits above the wall are always burnt off and die, I
often see it recommended for shade but my experience is that it flowers best
with at least half a days sunshine, Trachelospermum asiaticum is much
hardier and never touched by the weather but to suggest jasminoides is hardy
is stretching a point in my view!

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

In article ,
Flora wrote:
spakker wrote:
"JennyC" wrote in message
...

I have one of these in a pot (freebee from a garden show last autumn!)

It's in the GH ATM but I was wondering just how much frost it will take??

Any experiences with one in the ground outside?

Perfectly hardy in south england and sheltered parts north.
Will grow well in poor dry soil too - that should give you a clue!

Er, not really. If the current spell of very mild winters continues,
then it will probably remain hardy enough in the south. But Bean
describes it as needing wall protection, and it certainly wouldn't
have taken the winters here exposed to the wind up to a decade ago.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Charlie Pridham wrote:
"Flora" wrote in message
...

spakker wrote:

"JennyC" wrote in message
...


I have one of these in a pot (freebee from a garden show last autumn!)

It's in the GH ATM but I was wondering just how much frost it will

take??

Any experiences with one in the ground outside?
Jenny

Perfectly hardy in south england and sheltered parts north.
Will grow well in poor dry soil too - that should give you a clue!

Flora


Hi Jenny down here any bits above the wall are always burnt off and die, I
often see it recommended for shade but my experience is that it flowers best
with at least half a days sunshine, Trachelospermum asiaticum is much
hardier and never touched by the weather but to suggest jasminoides is hardy
is stretching a point in my view!


Maybe your definition of hardy is different from mine. A bad winter will
certainly burn off leaves, but the plants quickly recover in spring.

Flora

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Flora wrote:
spakker wrote:
"JennyC" wrote in message
...

I have one of these in a pot (freebee from a garden show last autumn!)

It's in the GH ATM but I was wondering just how much frost it will take??

Any experiences with one in the ground outside?

Perfectly hardy in south england and sheltered parts north.
Will grow well in poor dry soil too - that should give you a clue!

Er, not really. If the current spell of very mild winters continues,
then it will probably remain hardy enough in the south. But Bean
describes it as needing wall protection, and it certainly wouldn't
have taken the winters here exposed to the wind up to a decade ago.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

By the sounds of it, I shall be on the lookout for a bigger pot then :~)
Jenny