Janet asked me a question about this plant on Roy's "Help for a Newbie" thread.
I thought rather than hi-jack his thread, I would answer it here.
Janet asked if my plant shrivelled up during the summer.
No, not at all. In fact it carries on flowering all summer and autumn and into the winter. I have just been out to look at it and it's offspring.
( Brrr.....It is 5 degrees celsius outside to-day, with a strong northerly breeze. Much better to be sitting here in front of the log fire
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It has finished flowering now. Only about 12 blooms in total on it to-day.
It does have it's roots well under the paving and rocks, I expect that helps it in the summer, having a cool, root run. It gets watered once a fortnight in summer, along with the rest of the garden. In fact this seems to work for everything in the garden, as nothing shrivels in summer. The only exceptions to this, is some of the blooms on a couple of the roses which open outside of the shade which I have provided for them.
It has seeded itself in deep shade under the orange tree. It will be interesting to see if it will flower there too.
Here it is in early summer.
And here it is in late summer/early autumn, when the sedum below it is about to flower
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