The one at work gets to around that size pp. There's also one in a small N.Trust garden two minutes walk from me. Not seen it in a long while - I don't really visit gardens. It was pretty sizeable last time I saw it though.
Yes - west Central Scotland C3
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Looks good and healthy C3. I'd pop it in something not too much bigger than the size it is. Water it in and then pop it somewhere sheltered out of direct heat - that should be easy today!
If it's been grown undercover, I'd bring it in overnight for a couple of days just to be sure it's ok.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As Fairy says - use a pot just a couple of centimetres wider than its root ball. Pot on to the next size when you see roots poking out. If it grows well it will need potting up again before autumn. Keep it moist but not drowning.
I advise you to keep potting on for a couple of seasons at least and keep it frost free during the winter. Be prepared to grow it on in pots till it gets to one at least 40cms in size unless you have mild winters or can guarantee to give them a thick blanket of garden compost before frosts arrive.
It's supposed to be hardy down to between -5C and -10C but I have lost two at -8C because they were unprotected, quite reasonably, in early October and still had foliage which was not enough to protect the crowns.
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HaHa that's not mine but if you look after it too well that's what you might end up with!
With wider leaves I hope.
Good grief Obelixx. What are you going to feed it? Steak?
Not steak but maybe literal and liberal bs1t. Or equine.
Did you see the size of the one Carol was walking underneath in GW?
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That avatar is me in my garden with my autism ribbon!
The one at work gets to around that size pp. There's also one in a small N.Trust garden two minutes walk from me. Not seen it in a long while - I don't really visit gardens. It was pretty sizeable last time I saw it though.
Yes - west Central Scotland C3
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
ITS ARRIVED!!
What to do now? Pot up, but what size? 10-15cm?..
Looks good and healthy C3. I'd pop it in something not too much bigger than the size it is. Water it in and then pop it somewhere sheltered out of direct heat - that should be easy today!
If it's been grown undercover, I'd bring it in overnight for a couple of days just to be sure it's ok.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
As Fairy says - use a pot just a couple of centimetres wider than its root ball. Pot on to the next size when you see roots poking out. If it grows well it will need potting up again before autumn. Keep it moist but not drowning.
I advise you to keep potting on for a couple of seasons at least and keep it frost free during the winter. Be prepared to grow it on in pots till it gets to one at least 40cms in size unless you have mild winters or can guarantee to give them a thick blanket of garden compost before frosts arrive.
It's supposed to be hardy down to between -5C and -10C but I have lost two at -8C because they were unprotected, quite reasonably, in early October and still had foliage which was not enough to protect the crowns.