By Sheilabub
Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Mimulus aurantiacus - I've just been given one, but my friend wasn't sure whether it's hardy in the UK - any ideas? Thanks.
- 2 Dec, 2018
Answers
Hi, I think this is only frost hardy, down to 34f, any lower than this it needs to be in a cool/ frost free greenhouse, Derek.
2 Dec, 2018
Many thanks both. Think I'll keep it in my cool greenhouse for now (Hayloft can't always be trusted in my experience!)
3 Dec, 2018
The RHS advice is H2 - Tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5 deg.C).
4 Dec, 2018
Hi Scotsgran, I'm a bit old fashioned, still use the English scale, fahrenheit, and feet and inches, but 34f is very near 1c, so we're both right, Derek.
4 Dec, 2018
Thank you Derek. I was not disagreeing with you. Being an amateur I find being able to look things up on the 'net very handy. I went looking again after Sheilabub queried the information from Hayloft. I find this section of the G on Y website very useful in expanding my gardening knowledge. My first choice would be to use deg F and feet and inches too and I wish both were quoted on other websites because it is not always age appropriate to use one instead of the other. Somewhere in my past I learned 32F is widely accepted as the temperature that water freezes but ask me to convert 70F to C is not something that springs out at me. I will probably get more acquainted with those scales as my daughter and her family are off to Adelaide at the end of the month.
6 Dec, 2018
Scotsgran - how exciting - Adelaide is lovely - do you know it? We have now been a couple of times because our elder son and his family live in Melbourne and the other grandparents are in the Adelaide hills. Oz is a great country but best avoided in their summer, i.e. November to March! But the younger ones seem to cope with high temperatures better than us :)
6 Dec, 2018
Hi Scotsgran, I didn't think you were disagreeing with me,π, I was just mentioning that I'm old fashioned, and use the scale I was brought up with, and what I was taught when I was an apprentice gardener 55 years ago, unfortunately, as I get older, and also due to illness, my short term memory is very poor, I hope it doesn't spread to my long term memory, or I would really be in trouble, Derek.
6 Dec, 2018
Thank you for the smiley face Derek. Your long term memories are holding up well. As I only started being seriously interested in gardening in the past few years I do not have that luxury but I read and try and discover as much as I can about the plants which interest me. I have learned lots from people like yourself and will be forever grateful that I managed to learn enough to be able to access this website via my computer.
Sheilabub we have heard so much about Adelaide from so many people that I hope we can visit later in 2019. We have been ordered to be there for OH's 90th birthday in October. Apparently their public parks are lovely with music most evenings. They will be arriving during the school holidays but my daughter has spoken to schools in the city. It is a jump in the dark for her but my son in law was sent to work out there for a few months and fell in love with the place. My OH had visited in the 1940s but expects it will be quite different now. Apparently it was 39deg today and that will be something they will need to get used to.
6 Dec, 2018
Hi Scotsgran, you're very welcome, πππ, I hope you enjoy your trip to Australia next year, Derek.
6 Dec, 2018
How old are your grandchildren Scotsgran? Ours are 7 and 4, and their schooling is very impressive. There are a lot of good things about Australia, so Iβm sure your family will love it. Itβs a friendly place!
6 Dec, 2018
Sheilabub I will send you a pm. Thank you Derek. There seems to be lots of ways of travelling down under. I hope we do get there.
7 Dec, 2018
Hayloft say it is a Hardy Perennial see this link https://www.hayloft-plants.co.uk/mimulus/aurantiacus-puniceus-3-young-plants/prod1592.html
2 Dec, 2018