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Post by karenwl on Feb 1, 2008 23:31:20 GMT 1
Ive lost my lovely Pyracantha full of berries and also my Lavatera due to the bad gales.
Has anyone else lost anything
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 1, 2008 23:39:55 GMT 1
Ive lost my lovely Pyracantha full of berries and also my Lavatera due to the bad gales. Has anyone else lost anything Oh no, that's a shame... I don't think there's much that's damaged in my garden by the gales. That may be because I did such a lot of damage in the Autumn when I cut everything down though..... You'll have to look at the gaps as a brilliant opportunity to buy new shrubs instead Karen... |
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Post by Sweetleaf on Feb 2, 2008 0:13:18 GMT 1
Ive lost my lovely Pyracantha full of berries and also my Lavatera due to the bad gales. Has anyone else lost anything Oh no, that's a shame... I don't think there's much that's damaged in my garden by the gales. That may be because I did such a lot of damage in the Autumn when I cut everything down though..... You'll have to look at the gaps as a brilliant opportunity to buy new shrubs instead Karen... Oh dear how do you mean lost? Were they uprooted and carried off? If not both have the ability to come again from low down, if the break is treated properly and sealed, even better. |
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Post by karenwl on Feb 2, 2008 0:20:51 GMT 1
4P SL, the Pyracantha has been severed very low down by next doors fence, im going to make her pay for it i had it for 13 years, the lavatera has lost a lower branch and a main middle branch, ive taken all the damaged parts away and im hoping i can manage to salvage them but if not i will find something to replace them.
Time to get the Arbrex out
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Post by debbiem on Feb 2, 2008 8:54:47 GMT 1
That's a shame, Karen - hopefully the Lavatera will recover won't it? And hopefully the Pyracantha will too, but to lose 13 years growth, what rotten luck.  My Torbay palm is still deciding whether to survive or not - it got rocked over to leaning at an angle so I dug it up and planted it more firmly elsewhere. It's not looking great but I'm still hoping it'll get over it. :  |
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Post by Bennetts on Feb 4, 2008 23:35:23 GMT 1
I think that some of the plants that I am over wintering in the greenhouse have got gray mold. Is this terminal???  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 5, 2008 7:52:03 GMT 1
Well, it's not great but it's not necessarily a death sentence! I would pull out the affected parts, have a bit of a snip and trim and try and increase the ventilation as much as possible. Depending on the type of plants affected and the weather it might be a good idea to get them outside for a while when you can, especially if there is a bit of sunshine.
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Post by dutchy on Feb 7, 2008 18:38:46 GMT 1
Fingers crossed for good re-growth Karen.
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Post by debbiem on Feb 8, 2008 15:52:08 GMT 1
I've just had a look around the garden and seen that my Ceanothus has fallen over, and needs a really big stake to keep it upright. I'm quite devastated at this, as it's right against our back wall, has been flourishing ever since we got it as a spindly bargain in B&Q and is starting to provide us with some privacy in that area.
Does anyone know if Ceanothus plants are prone to doing this? Getting top heavy and then going over? It's just me but I can't help suspecting some sort of foul play, be it the fourlegged or the two legged kind, but I would be really happy to find out that it's quite common for them to fall over.
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Post by debbiem on Feb 10, 2008 12:02:30 GMT 1
We staked the Ceanothus yesterday with an enormous post and it looks very happy. If our local burglar decides to leap over the wall on to my Ceanothus, if it was indeed somebody coming over the wall that did it, he won't have such a soft landing this time!  I'm not paranoid, we have a lot of burglaries going on in our area right now and our neighbour's shed was burgled by somebody coming in via the back garden, we won't make it easy for them.  |
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Post by debbiem on Feb 10, 2008 12:03:58 GMT 1
4P SL, the Pyracantha has been severed very low down by next doors fence, im going to make her pay for it i had it for 13 years, the lavatera has lost a lower branch and a main middle branch, ive taken all the damaged parts away and im hoping i can manage to salvage them but if not i will find something to replace them. Time to get the Arbrex out How are they looking, Karen? Do you think they'll be OK? |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 17, 2008 9:43:16 GMT 1
I've had to bring my seedlings in from the cold GH as it was soooo cold on Friday night...I'm glad I did, because last night was even COLDER! I had a big candle in a pot of sand burning in there all night...it might have just kept the edge off... My seedlings seem OK....time will tell. |
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 17, 2008 19:25:16 GMT 1
It'd be interesting to see how much that does keep the temperature up, Cheery - I can't think of a way to measure it but you're a scientist.......
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Post by Sweetleaf on Feb 17, 2008 23:32:08 GMT 1
 I think I may have lost everything in GH2 last night, some fatherless person opened the door and left it open all night! I hope the mints will be ok, but I don` t hold out much hope.
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Post by 4pygmies on Feb 18, 2008 8:28:21 GMT 1
OH NO! OH NO! What else was in there Sweetie? I think the mints will be OK - they are very tough..not your Canna pots? Pleeeease tell me not them........ we are surrounded by morons are we not?
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Post by madonplants on Feb 18, 2008 12:06:38 GMT 1
I think I may have lost everything in GH2 last night, some fatherless person opened the door and left it open all night! I hope the mints will be ok, but I don` t hold out much hope. Don't give up hope yet, the plants may surprise you. Quite often it's prolonged cold that kills, a small spell may just knock them back. Like 4P said, what else was in there? Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Feb 18, 2008 12:13:24 GMT 1
I think I may have lost everything in GH2 last night, some fatherless person opened the door and left it open all night! I hope the mints will be ok, but I don` t hold out much hope. Don't give up hope yet, the plants may surprise you. Quite often it's prolonged cold that kills, a small spell may just knock them back. Like 4P said, what else was in there? Keith Mint is pretty robust anyway - mine is on the patio and is still in leaf. |
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Post by alicat on Feb 19, 2008 15:21:04 GMT 1
OH NO! OH NO! What else was in there Sweetie? I think the mints will be OK - they are very tough..not your Canna pots? Pleeeease tell me not them........ we are surrounded by morons are we not? I left my Cannas out last winter and didn't think they would make it but they did, so you never know. - Fingers crossed. |
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I think I may have lost everything in GH2 last night, some fatherless person opened the door and left it open all night! I hope the mints will be ok, but I don` t hold out much hope.