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Can you grow Spider Plants outside in UK all year round?

garrinchasuperskillzgarrinchasuperskillz Posts: 69
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my plan is to whack a few spider plant babies into a toilet I found the other day. hopefully the foliage will hang over and make a good conversation piece!

the reason I ask about all year round is that I don't really have the space, or the inclination, to have a toilet kicking about indoors during the winter months! I'm sure you feel me on that!

for clarification - I am based in the SW, have a fully walled garden, which never seems to get hit with frost - and the walls are tall, so good for windy days

thanks in advance guys
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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Just a hint of frost will kill them and I'd imagine that winter weather in general would decimate them.

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    As @Pete.8 says, any hint of frost will kill them and/or the wind will get them, I have left them out in the winter down here and they don't survive. They are good to help with a summer display but you would need to re-pot them and put them somewhere frost free for the winter.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I've kept some in a cold greenhouse over the winter but they didn't survive when the temperature got very low. 
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Have a look at Carex 'Evergold' ... similar appearance in some respects and as tough as old boots as long as it gets plenty of watering  (which it should, in a loo  ;))

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/carex-oshimensis-evergold/

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    edited February 2022
    I agree with all the other posters. If it's the look you're after, maybe try something like Carex 'Ice Dance' - it's evergreen, hardy, tough, and if it's happy grows quite fast and can be divided (ie: you could just get one and split it to have several in quite a short while).


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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Snap!  @LG_  .... great minds etc 😂

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  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Ha ha! I wrote it then went outside to take a photo of mine, which meant I didn't see yours!
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    edited February 2022
    @garrinchasuperskillz

    There is an outdoor version of a spider plant or what looks like a spider plant. I have two in my garden and there winter hardy and have been in my garden for the past 4 years.
    Plantnet identifies them as Chlorophytum Comosum . Image below is of one in my garden. I'm not sure Plantnet is identifying it correctly as if you G**gle for Chlorophytum Comosum it shows the houseplant version. whether there the same version or what I have is something else I cant determine.

    Two online sellers are selling hardy spider plants and showing this  and this both Chlorophytum Starlight




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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Great idea Dove!
    I have a carex that sits in the headerpool for the pond waterfall.
    Looks good all year round - today-


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Spider plants can be used successfully as part of a summer bedding scheme. They can work well if you have a tropical theme. I plan to put out a pot of them in June.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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