"David Hill" wrote ...

Bob Hobden wrote:
"Chris Hogg" wrote

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.


Do you think one would do well climbing up a camellia tree? How tall
will it reach? I could give it something to scramble up until it gets to
the branches but the trouble may be it's not in a sunny position, sun
first and last thing but the top of the camellia (about 15ft) does get
more sun.
I don't think it would do the Camellia any good, I'd find a less dense bush
for it, I've never had them grow more than about 8 ft, 6ft is more common
but they can get quite dense.

Thank you David, I don't want to put our old Camellia under any more stress
it's suffering enough these last few years.
Suspect it may have been the solid bed of Epimedium underplanting that
caused the problem, now removed. Once dug up it was noticeable that the soil
under the Epimediums around the trunk of the Camellia was as dry as a bone.
Of course, by the very nature of the plant, it will take a year or two
before I can be certain that was the problem.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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