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Old 22-07-2007, 12:47 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Gloriosa Rothschildiana

On 21 Jul, 19:08, Chris Hogg wrote:
I used to grow them in the soil at the back of a frost-free
greenhouse. Left then in the ground all year, but just didn't water
them in the winter months. They came up year after year. A word of
warning: my wife used to curse them because if your clothes brushed
against the flowers, the bright orange pollen was extremely difficult
to remove.


Thanks for that. It will fall on our heads because it's growing above
the veranda door (from a pot on a table). You've given me an idea and
I'm now I'm considering planting it in the ground, in the veranda,
where I have bear earth in the corner. Would this be best done this
winter? Carefully? It's quite dry there.