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Re: [PRIMROSES] Scree

We had a winter when the pots froze and then it rained, and the pots didn't
drain..... A few cycles of this, and everything that had a crown
drowned.... Plants that need drainage don't do at all well covered with water!

Nancy

>I think a raised bed like a rockery but with about half or more gravel
>would give superior drainage to keep the water loving primulas in good
>condition. Herb Dickson lost a lot of candleabras in pots when it froze and
>snowed and the snow melt stood in the still partly frozen pots as they
>slowly thawed.
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