Lotus Berthelotii

more for indoor overwintering then ...this year I`ve lost way too many plants in the greenhouse due of dump air .

 

I wouldn't call it a house plant by any stretch, you need good light cool conditions and a draught.
Good say in a porch where it stays above freezing but the door gets opened frequently.

 

Gardening in Britain is a complicated interest

 

perfect for my house then ..... i usually only keep the heating on for 3 hrs a day for the rest of the day is like a porch with the door open

 

Not like I did!
One in the g/house - dead.
One in the shed - dead.
The large one outdoors - dead!

Nice buy Sal! Looks like what I used to know as the yellow form.................


Here is the more commonly available orange form................


Correctly positioned you can get this in a single season (last year)...............


And in November last year..............

 

I knew I had this somewhere ... a Lotus hanging over a wall at least two meters tall about 15 minutes from me ...

 

did you ever think , to help that poor person and trim that off for us
it dark and red flower , what a beautie .....cut cut cut ; )

 

indoor overwintering then????

 

That's amazing Victoria!

Maybe not, but certainly more (better?) care needed than mine got!

 

Noisette - that's a really kind offer.

Normally I would love to take you up on that. But I am planning to take down and replace my greenhouse and summerhouse in a while, and I already have too many exotic plants that won't get the protection or care or space that they are going to need.

Do show us some photos of things that you are growing or just stuff growing around you, that we might regard as exotic in the UK. Pictures from abroad are a real ray of sunshine, which is why Victoria's posts, from Portugal, are always so welcome.

 

Will get busy with the camera as soon as it stops raining Just to add an alternative form of winter care for Lotus.....a flimsy plastic green house with a big, furry cat sleeping on top kept mine going this winter It is flattened, but alive, (the Lotus, that is) .

 

Went past there today as it's a Bank Holiday here too and we went out to lunch. T'other half said he didn't think the wall was two meters tall, perhaps 1.5 meters ... WRONG, it's over three meters tall ... it's on a roundabout which was busy due to a festival going on so couldn't jump out and measure ...

 

make sure you bring the scissors with you ...... i mean the tape measure and check how tall is the wall ; )

 

Bought this, this morning at a local nursery, they had about a dozen left.

 

hey hello there , its nice to know .
could you really post the seeds of lotus berthelotii , offcourse at cost