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Conservatory plants
Piggles12345
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Hello
I have a conservatory on the back of my house, which gets hotter than the sun in this weather. Okay, this is a minor exaggeration but it is absolutely baking hot in there when the sun is on it all day.
I want to grow some plants in my conservatory to brighten the place up but I don't know what will survive!
Does anyone have any suggestions at all please?
Thank you
I have a conservatory on the back of my house, which gets hotter than the sun in this weather. Okay, this is a minor exaggeration but it is absolutely baking hot in there when the sun is on it all day.
I want to grow some plants in my conservatory to brighten the place up but I don't know what will survive!
Does anyone have any suggestions at all please?
Thank you
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Would citrus plants be ok I wonder? They need plenty of light, and I guess they are 'used' to hot weather...Spring into Spring 2015 - 0.7/12lb0
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Citrus will suffer, they like it warm, not baking [I put mine outside in summer]
Cactus?
Conservatories are a very awkward, too hot or too cold
Can you open doors & windows? I have to do this, and even so it is 90F in there at times
You would need some sort of desert plant I reckon, which is why I suggested cactus
I have sweet peppers, chillies in mine, but they do wilt a bit middayWhen an eel bites your bum, that's a Moray0 -
I thought about citrus trees but everywhere says that they like it warm, not baking.
I have been looking at cacti as well and have e-mailed a cactus company to ask what would be best!
I was also thinking about chillies but someone I work with advised me that I would need to move them around the middle of the afternoon but I am out from 7am-6pm so I can't be there to move them around unfortunately.
I think cactus is probably the way forward.'I can't deny the British influence on my accent and mannerisms, but I don't know the British national anthem, I didn't weep for Princess Diana and I always cheer when Britain loses at sport. That's how British I am' Constantine-Simms. :T
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Hi, I have a tequila plant in mine which has been one of the only plants to survive this year along with the other cacti. We had yucca plant for a number of years but I think it has just been too hot this summer and has killed it. I would say go for cacti, or make some blinds which I have done.0
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Hi, I have a tequila plant in mine which has been one of the only plants to survive this year along with the other cacti. We had yucca plant for a number of years but I think it has just been too hot this summer and has killed it. I would say go for cacti, or make some blinds which I have done.
Thank you Cat. I am going to have a look into cacti in more detail.
I have got blinds around the windows or the conservatory, its just the ceiling which doesn't have blinds and because I only rent the house, I'm not willing to spend too much on buying/making ceiling blinds
'I can't deny the British influence on my accent and mannerisms, but I don't know the British national anthem, I didn't weep for Princess Diana and I always cheer when Britain loses at sport. That's how British I am' Constantine-Simms. :T
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I have two houseplants which have lived/grown quite happily in our conservatory for the past 9/10 months. Having said that, I do constanty have all doors and windows open. Still gets very very hot though, too hot to be in there. I have no idea what the plants are called, would have to post a pic if you wanted
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