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Re: Huge Mandavilla and Passion Plants---Help!

At 05:35 PM 10/23/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Kathleen Meistrell wrote:
>> 
>>         I have two mandavilla and four passion plants that completely cover
>> an eight foot arched arbor. They're in very large pots (24"x24"--3 feet
>> deep). I would like to over-winter them, but I don't have enough indoor
>> space.  I'm thinking about cutting them back and storing them in a dark
>> garage that will be a five degrees above freezing all winter...Will this
>> work?  Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Kathy in Zone 6--(meistrel@nwark.com)
>  
>
Kathy:

I always cut my Mandevilla and Thunbergia grandiflora back to about 6", pot
them up and bring them in to a bright window to overwinter.  They grow a lot
of lank growth but I just keep cutting it back.  I see one I left out (a
duplicate) is not frozen yet although the impatiens are seriously damaged so
it would probably be all right in the garage.  I would root a cutting for
insurance, though and keep it in the house.  Cuttings root easily in
vermiculite.

Good luck.
Ruth Zavitz                                     
rzavitz@execulink.com                            
Freelance Writer & Gardening Consultant, zone 6 Southern Ontario
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