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Do you start taking the less hardy herbs such as asian herbs and basil when the temp reaches about 10 oc
The rest can survive until freezing
The rest can survive until freezing
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I normally do it around the start of october. Perennial basils, scented pelagoniums and ultra-tender ones in the house, cedronella, lemon verbena, prostanthera and myrtles in the GH. -
Ocelot, if you mean cedronella canariensis, mine lives outside and selfseeds all over the place.
The only plants I bring into the GH for winter are geraniums.Comment
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Hi Veggiecgicken - yes I do mean that plant. I remember you saying you left yours out a couple of years ago, and last year I left one out by mistake in the same pot as a lemon verbena. They were both fine, but in 2002 I left 2 six foot lemon verbenas out for just one night when it was frosty and one of them died and the other has never really recovered. I'm a bit nervous about taking the chance!
Are yours in the ground? Mine may suffer more because they are in pots - the whole pot can freeze solid.
I do leave prostanthera lesianthos and cuneata out in all weathers, but put the rotundifolia in the GH.
I also left a myrtle out last year and it died.Last edited by Ocelot; 06-09-2017, 06:38 PM.Comment
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I always grow basil on a windowsill anyway, but might bring in some chives this year - I know it's completely hardy but would still like to have a ready supply over winter. I leave lemon verbena outside, same for myrtle. Have hacked the verbena back to dry for tea though. I also have a very vigorous, unkillable myrtle but they're both in the ground and nearish to a west facing house wall.Comment
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Myrtles in ground and pot OK here. They came from bush outside at East Grinstead.
Scented leaf geraniums mainly live in garage over winter.Riddlesdown (S Croydon)Comment
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Anyone else grow Ocimum kilimandscharicum × basilicum (African blue basil)? I have to bring that in the house, won't risk the GH.Comment
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