Garden Plant Casualties ?

Yes Claire

An olive tree that had just begun to recover from the previous winter

A bay tree - which I really ought to have brought into the conservatory

A few Geraniums that were overwintering in the greenhouse

Nick

All three of my rosemary plants have turned their roots up and I'm worried about two bays, the leaves are brown but last time I scraped a bit of bark off there was green underneath, so it's worth waiting to see if the poor things recover. I don't suppose the verbena bonariensis survived here either, they're borderline hardy at best I think, but I've left 'em standing in case ladybirds etc are tucked up in the seedheads. I've been carting so many plants around in pots (those poor bays for starters) as I've moved twice in 4 months that I'm worried about quite a lot of things - those poor roots getting frozen and of course, I didn't get out there with the insulating material as there was so much unpacking to do indoors. And no mulching got done either, no time and several steps up into the garden got in the way. Next year, mulching and insulating pots definitely - famous last words!

Still, as I always say, a death in the borders is a planting opportunity:-)

Hi Claire

I spent time in the garden yesterday. First time in ages. There were several casulties I'm afraid. I think we have lost our huge Bay trees and several shrubs.

However, the Snowdrops and Daffodils are starting to shoot up, so that cheered me up a little.

Cheers

Pipit

Hi all, & Pipit nice to talk to you, you were just leaving as I joined.

I've just lost a couple of things, a Griselinia shrub that survived last winter, but just dropped its leaves overnight a couple of weeks ago, they'd all gone black.

My California Poppy, Ceonothis, not sure of name now....Senior moment! Thats gone brown, but some green left at the bottom. Will have to check the garden in next few days, have been away at mums, & its so miserable up here near Stockton today, we're going to pub in an hour for lunch!!

Hope weekend is going nicely for everyone & someone is able to get out in their gardens.

I'm just going to Skype my son in Mumbai, he's baking out there at the mo, so may be back on later.

Pip Pip!

Kim

Well as we said in the other forum Pipit

Roll on summer and the glasses of wine on the decking

Nick

Hi Claire,

I have lost quite a lot this winter - as I did last winter, too. My back garden looks like a shrub graveyard right now.

 I have a feeling the garden centres will do another roaring trade this spring.

As Kezsmum said there will be new planting opportunities come spring.

Redwing - sorry to hear about your olive and bay.  I would like to have these in my garden but that is pushing my luck too far up here.

Doggie - yes, hopefully the depth of snow has spared some of the plants especially those that die back in the autumn.

Pip - your spring flowers should tide you over until that time for wine on the decking.

Bo - lucky son soaking up the sun.

Cheers,

Claire

Hi Sparrow,

I think you're right there!  Maybe we should pay more attention to protecting our plants if we are into a run of severe winters.

Cheers,

Claire

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huge Bay trees

Now that is a tragedy, they take so long to get huge (sorry about the shrubs too) at least mine were smallish in pots and there may be life in 'em yet, I'm waiting to see. Have you scraped a bit of bark off? If there's some green underneath there's hope.

Thanks Claire

The Olive was our own fault for not realising that we dont live in Greece - but the East Midlands !!!

Nick