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Rosie Global Moderator Rambling Rosie. Posts: 9,407	winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 12, 2011 8:56:13 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rosie on Apr 12, 2011 8:56:13 GMT My agapanthus,beschonaria and oleanders have bit the dust. But my fuchsia's were ok, i dug them out from May and they are planted up here now ;D
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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 12, 2011 8:59:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Apr 12, 2011 8:59:30 GMT Some good news and some bad then, Rosie! I've decided. I'm going to replace the half-dead Cistus. Cutting it back to the small amount of remaining green leaves would look very silly so it HAS to go.

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winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 12, 2011 9:03:08 GMT

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Apr 12, 2011 8:59:30 GMT Geranium said:

Some good news and some bad then, Rosie!

I've decided. I'm going to replace the half-dead Cistus. Cutting it back to the small amount of remaining green leaves would look very silly so it HAS to go.

I was disappointed about the Beschonaria Geranuim as i bought that about 4 years ago from a nursery in Cornwall when we were on holiday and it's been fine up until this winter

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winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 12, 2011 19:05:44 GMT

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Post by seaburn on Apr 12, 2011 19:05:44 GMT

I have also lost all my dieremas and libertia grandiflora: sob!!

But Penstemon 'eveline' has thrown up 2 tiny specks of green so fingers crossed there.

off to Harrogate spring fair on sunday so hopefully I will have plants to go in instead.

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winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 12, 2011 19:26:24 GMT

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Post by Lou78W on Apr 12, 2011 19:26:24 GMT

Hope you are going to take some pics for us Seaburn....I am resisting the temptation to go to Harrogate this weekend

My Dianellas have gone too......am surprised my Libertia is still alive though. I have a tender Hebe that I am amazed is still alive and a pittisporum I thought would "go the journey"

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seaburn Top Member Posts: 2,603	winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 12, 2011 19:32:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by seaburn on Apr 12, 2011 19:32:53 GMT i'll try but my hands should be full with plants

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 12, 2011 19:33:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Apr 12, 2011 19:33:49 GMT Get a trolley ...lol
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winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 12, 2011 21:09:23 GMT

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Post by Geranium on Apr 12, 2011 21:09:23 GMT

Oooh - lovely! A show with lots of Nurseries. Bliss!

I tried to find a replacement Cistus today - plenty of white ones, 'Silverpink' too - but I want a pink one, and I already have 'Silverpink'. Oh well. A good excuse for another trip out.

Lou - how did you manage to keep your shrubs alive?

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winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 13, 2011 5:47:18 GMT

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Apr 12, 2011 19:05:44 GMT seaburn said:

I have also lost all my dieremas and libertia grandiflora: sob!!

But Penstemon 'eveline' has thrown up 2 tiny specks of green so fingers crossed there.

off to Harrogate spring fair on sunday so hopefully I will have plants to go in instead.

Were your Dieramas in a reasonably well drained spot SPG ? I've three that seem to have survived though the leaves are brown. Have yours gone rotten?

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winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 13, 2011 6:41:16 GMT

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Apr 12, 2011 21:09:23 GMT Geranium said:

Oooh - lovely! A show with lots of Nurseries. Bliss!

I tried to find a replacement Cistus today - plenty of white ones, 'Silverpink' too - but I want a pink one, and I already have 'Silverpink'. Oh well. A good excuse for another trip out.

Lou - how did you manage to keep your shrubs alive?

Good fortune rather than good management Geranium

..No I think its because we are right on the coast....frosts don't get so penetrating for any length of time here

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Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 13, 2011 8:12:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Apr 13, 2011 8:12:45 GMT Seaburn my Libertia is fine but tiny and all the Dieramas look good. The garden here is very exposed, so I don't know the reason for survival. I have lost the Roscoea though and this is upsetting as it had reached a good size.

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 13, 2011 9:15:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Apr 13, 2011 9:15:34 GMT >:(Now you mention it there is no sign of my Roscoea either...tsk....
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Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 13, 2011 9:43:41 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Apr 13, 2011 9:43:41 GMT Lou, a plant like that leaves no trace, so no wonder you forgot about it. I am going to have a dig.

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 13, 2011 9:57:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Apr 13, 2011 9:57:49 GMT Thats a good idea....I know exactly where it should be
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Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	winter survivors/sucumbers Apr 13, 2011 13:38:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Apr 13, 2011 13:38:39 GMT No Roscoea, yet the Trillium which is only feet along from it is fine. I don't know whether I should replace it. I may, because that is a pretty garden. I dug down but there was no trace at all.