The other problem is P. emodi. Whilst it comes from a cold place, like
many plants from the Sino-himalayan flora, it expects Spring to mean
Spring! That is, when the frosts stop, it expects them not to start again
till the following winter. That is not a situation we are used to in the
UK. Frosts sometimes stop in January/February and then come again in May
where I live. Indeed, we had a night only last week where temperatures
dropped to two degrees centigrade and there was a brief frost two week
before. The result is that P. emodi starts leafing up for the next year,
is hit by a frost and is defoliated. This weakens it and it often goes
through the cycle again in the same season. The result, only too easily,
is death! I have lost three in this way over the past five years. Today,
I have two, one in a pot, and the other came through last winter, but only
just: I had to keep a close eye on it each and every day from New Year
onwards to get it though.

Best regards,
David Victor

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