@Loxley I love them so, though. Yes, they're definitely a bit too tender but the shape and foliage are so cool.
@Dovefromabove oh wow, yours did very well! Erm, here is a photo of the one that survived and is on better form. Not quite as good but there are hopeful signs of life!
They usually flower in their second or third year. Both my pininianas and fatuosums survived the most awful frost and cold weather here in North Norfolk, not to mention the freezing wind! But we are on the coast so I think that makes a difference.
I had a beautiful one two years ago which got blown down in the storm. It must have self seeded at some time as I now have a few new ones growing and just going to leave them to do their own thing to see what happens. Obviously won't have any flowers for a year or two.
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I think we’d better give it some sort of support as it gets taller.
It was a present from friends in Cornwall. 😎
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Dovefromabove oh wow, yours did very well! Erm, here is a photo of the one that survived and is on better form. Not quite as good but there are hopeful signs of life!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think if we'd had a milder winter they'd have come through almost uncathed with the measures.