Are house leeks supposed to be hardy?

Some people grow them on roofs so I'd expect them to be hard as old
boots? I've got some in pots with fierce drainage (more gravel and sand
than anything else) but the Winter frosts seem to have killed them off.
They are all completely black, limp and shrivelled and look like they
have departed the Earth, shuffled off the mortal coil and gone to live
on a roof in heaven.

Should I have brought them indoors for Winter?

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David in Normandy wrote:
Are house leeks supposed to be hardy?

Some people grow them on roofs so I'd expect them to be hard as old
boots? I've got some in pots with fierce drainage (more gravel and sand
than anything else) but the Winter frosts seem to have killed them off.
They are all completely black, limp and shrivelled and look like they
have departed the Earth, shuffled off the mortal coil and gone to live
on a roof in heaven.

Should I have brought them indoors for Winter?


Hi David,

Here we grow them outside in big granite planters (wot the cows once
drank from). They've survived for over 15 years, and in the mean time
I stuff bits into old stone walls here and there. They don't seem
bothered with the cold, and IIRC its a tad colder here than at your
place.

Well, we've got scads of snowdrops, the daffs are up, witch-hazels out
full, and it's February. Please let there be a light at the end
of the tunnel showing dimly...

-E

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Are house leeks supposed to be hardy?

Yes.

Some people grow them on roofs so I'd expect them to be hard as old
boots? I've got some in pots with fierce drainage (more gravel and sand
than anything else) but the Winter frosts seem to have killed them off.
They are all completely black, limp and shrivelled and look like they
have departed the Earth, shuffled off the mortal coil and gone to live
on a roof in heaven.

Yes - I had some on my workshop roof - red East Angular pantiles - and
they were OK for years - until I had to retile an area. Though I put
them back, and they fitted the contours perfectly, heavy rains washed
them away.

But frost never bothered them.

I suspect too much wetness has got at yours.

Should I have brought them indoors for Winter?

No - just provide them with umbrellas next time.

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On Feb 1, 3:45*pm, David in Normandy wrote:
Are house leeks supposed to be hardy?

Some people grow them on roofs so I'd expect them to be hard as old
boots? I've got some in pots with fierce drainage (more gravel and sand
than anything else) but the Winter frosts seem to have killed them off.
They are all completely black, limp and shrivelled and look like they
have departed the Earth, shuffled off the mortal coil and gone to live
on a roof in heaven.

Might I suggest you try the Norwegian Blue variety, Sir?

Emery Davis wrote:

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Please let there be a light at the end
of the tunnel showing dimly...

If there is, it could be the train reversing back on to you.

Peter
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He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I
could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far
from being gruntled.
P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975

moghouse wrote in news:53c2bf16-8692-4e3f-
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On Feb 1, 3:45*pm, David in Normandy wrote:
Are house leeks supposed to be hardy?

Some people grow them on roofs so I'd expect them to be hard as old
boots? I've got some in pots with fierce drainage (more gravel and sand
than anything else) but the Winter frosts seem to have killed them off.
They are all completely black, limp and shrivelled and look like they
have departed the Earth, shuffled off the mortal coil and gone to live
on a roof in heaven.

Might I suggest you try the Norwegian Blue variety, Sir?

It's a bleedin' stiff!

Peter James wrote:
Emery Davis wrote:

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Please let there be a light at the end
of the tunnel showing dimly...

If there is, it could be the train reversing back on to you.


Yes, so it would appear. Beurk.

-E

On Feb 2, 10:28*am, "Part_No" wrote:
moghouse wrote in news:53c2bf16-8692-4e3f-
:

On Feb 1, 3:45*pm, David in Normandy wrote:
Are house leeks supposed to be hardy?

Some people grow them on roofs so I'd expect them to be hard as old
boots? I've got some in pots with fierce drainage (more gravel and sand
than anything else) but the Winter frosts seem to have killed them off..
They are all completely black, limp and shrivelled and look like they
have departed the Earth, shuffled off the mortal coil and gone to live
on a roof in heaven.

Might I suggest you try the Norwegian Blue variety, Sir?

It's a bleedin' stiff!

He should have nailed them to the roof!

moghouse wrote:

He should have nailed them to the roof!


Ooooh! Good one :-)

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