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Post by alisonmarie on May 24, 2011 20:29:47 GMT
I lost a lot of stock over the winter when the temperature dropped massively and now my garden is so dry  My delphiniums are amazing but lupine are small hostas are the best ever not a slug in sight. Lilies have been dumped to bits !!!! Never mind I'm off 2 my second plant fair this year this is at helmingham hall it's heritage plants I have been many times the plants r good quality and normally the more unusual. |
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Post by Lou78W on May 24, 2011 20:32:44 GMT
Think a lot of us can empathise with you Alison.....losing plants this year  ....look forward to hearing what you buy at the plant fair ;D |
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Post by Geranium on May 24, 2011 20:34:22 GMT
Me too, Alison - I had to replace a lot, especially shrubs, and Plant Fairs are great, aren't they! You get unusual things, not the ones to be found in every GC.  I lost half my lilies with vine weevil this year as well.  |
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Post by merlin on May 26, 2011 5:51:09 GMT
A winter to sort out the Men from the Boys Alison, and the previous one too! But I heard on a financial programme that main GCs have had a bumper Spring which goes to show that though we're in a deep financial crisis, the garden is top of the list for spending I for one can vouch for that ;D |
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Post by steve on May 26, 2011 6:31:47 GMT
I bet garden centres would love a harsh winter every year
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Post by merlin on May 26, 2011 6:52:32 GMT
Yes I see what you mean but surely thet too have lost a lot of stock.
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Post by Geranium on May 26, 2011 8:43:47 GMT
Certainly I had trouble tracking down particular plants from Nurseries, via mail order. They'd lost the same ones as I had. It can't be easy for smaller stockists to lose so much.
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Post by grindle on May 26, 2011 11:45:07 GMT
I'm of the opinion now, if it hasn't survived in my garden now, I won't be replacing it with the same, I'll just go for hardier in future
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Post by Geranium on May 26, 2011 12:01:07 GMT
The only two plants I replaced with the same were the Sophora (in a warmer spot) and the Solanum laxum (fingers crossed).
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Post by merlin on May 26, 2011 14:41:44 GMT
I'm of the opinion now, if it hasn't survived in my garden now, I won't be replacing it with the same, I'll just go for hardier in future Don't blame you, I'm giving it one more winter. |
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Post by merlin on May 26, 2011 14:49:57 GMT
This Pyracantha is how it used to look  and this is how it looks today as I had to cut so much out that the frost killed.  |
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Post by sweetpea on May 26, 2011 15:03:37 GMT
I thought Pyracanthas were a very hardy lot. certainly never seen one suffer from a cold winter and I am talking COLD when even deisel was freezing.
the one I had from a tiny sapling to a medium sized tree also grew in the 'Wind tunnel' between the houses.
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Post by merlin on May 26, 2011 17:14:51 GMT
SP I don't know how low the temp was but it stayed there for a long time and without snow protection. It's cost me hundreds over £400 at the last count and I'm still finding casualties. I even lost 2 T roses that were established. I never want to see another winter like it again. A neighbour now has a 50' eucalyptus tree that's dead as a Dodo. I was looking at peoples gardens while on the park n' ride today on the approach to Chester. All the Pyracanthas were looking good, I think it gets just a degree colder out here.
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Post by Geranium on May 26, 2011 18:02:59 GMT
That's such a shame, Merlin. My Pyracanthas are fine, but I can see damage on the large Escallonia next to one of them. |
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Post by merlin on May 26, 2011 20:46:30 GMT
It faces due east, I have one on the North side of the house which is ok. I think maybe the wind played a part in it.
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....look forward to hearing what you buy at the plant fair ;D
