"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:16:03 +0000, Spider wrote:


Never tried it from root cuttings.
Easy to grow from seed, but I'd go for something like Pink Pearl, a
lovely light pink form.
Chiltern seeds sell a few different forms of Lathyrus latifolius.
The basic form grows like a weed in several places around Swansea


Oooh! L.'Pink Pearl' sounds really pretty. I shall check out Chiltern
Seeds, too, to see what other colours are available. It's been years
since I used them.
I do like the sound of the 'weed' tendency. Pretty weeds that die back
nicely in winter will suit me just fine:~). Thanks David.

A good few years ago I...er....acquired some seed from a pink L.
latifolius that was growing in a garden hedge adjacent to a road I
used to walk along regularly. They produced both white and pink
varieties. The white one has since died out, but the pink one comes up
every year and scrambles about in a shrub border and hedge behind, and
gets stripped out in late autumn after it's died back. Very attractive
IMO.

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Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall overlooking the sea.
Mild, but very exposed to salt gales

Seed is the easiest way of getting this (soak for 24 hours before sowing), I
agree its a good plant, seems to have gone out of fashion. I agree with
Chris the white form is less vigorous (but very attractive)
Only thing I have found is snails can be a problem with newly planted plants
their first spring, they seem to eat it off as fast as it tries to grow.

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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk