that's a timely reminder, Dove. I have a couple of tiny campsis plants grown from seed - they're sitting outside at the moment but perhaps I ought to bring them in for the winter. In France I have a similar plant - Tecmaria - which is far more tender than Campsis. The cold winds down from the mountains cut it down to the ground sometimes, but it springs back into action , making a couple of metres of growth, as soon as the weather warms up a bit in March. That one's only problem seems to be that it doesn't seem to get round to flowering until October, by which time the winter weather is advancing rapidly. That's the challenge of gardening, I suppose.
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Oooh, love fox terriers
Nut, what about Chippenham Park? http://www.chippenhamparkgardens.info/opening-times.htm How far is that from you? CB7 5PT It's open in February from 12th onwards for the snowdrops which are supposed to be glorious.
Sorry Duchess - we've rather hijacked your thread
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
that's a timely reminder, Dove. I have a couple of tiny campsis plants grown from seed - they're sitting outside at the moment but perhaps I ought to bring them in for the winter. In France I have a similar plant - Tecmaria - which is far more tender than Campsis. The cold winds down from the mountains cut it down to the ground sometimes, but it springs back into action , making a couple of metres of growth, as soon as the weather warms up a bit in March. That one's only problem seems to be that it doesn't seem to get round to flowering until October, by which time the winter weather is advancing rapidly. That's the challenge of gardening, I suppose.
No problem Dove and Nutter! Anyone who likes foxies is fine in my book!