Clerodendrum trichotomum var. fargesii - hardy?

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Kristen

Clerodendrum trichotomum var. fargesii - hardy?

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I haven't planted mine out as I thought it wasn't fully hardy ...

Reading Mr List's blog caused me to look it up and RHS site says hardy (and it has AGM too :) )
http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardens/Harlow-Ca ... --fargesii

Any reason not to plant mine out now?

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Ian Cooke

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Should be hardy - just taken some photos of some blooming in New York where the winters are far more sever than the UK
Kristen

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Thanks Ian. I'll get it planted out :)
Mr List

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planted mine in autumn 2011,

fully hardy any position, sun or shade
Kristen

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Post by Kristen »

Thanks Mr L. Wish I'd asked sooner as for some reason I had got it into my head it wasn't fully hardy ... it would have been happier planted out than stuffed in a pot!
Nigel Fear

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There's a large one in my local park, must have been there for decades, absolutely no problems with our winters.
I love those berries with the purple bracts around them, better than the flowers.
Alway's wanted one, where's the best place to buy a decent sized specimen?
JonK

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I've got one in a pot waiting to be planted in the new garden. Its been fine the last two winters outside so I would consider it hardy for our part of the world. Get it planted out icon_thumleft

Nice blue berries 8)
Kristen

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Post by Kristen »

Nigel Fear wrote:Alway's wanted one, where's the best place to buy a decent sized specimen?
Mine was a decent sized nursery container grown plant, from urban Jungle
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