ska invita
back on the other side
I have lost a palm tree i planted, was young but established, maybe 5 or 6 years old, lost another purple palm that was here before me, probably 30 years old, lost two different border shrubs i dont know the names off, and it looks like a well established jasmine might have had it - certainly looks dead, but they can come back in June I once experienced. No sign of life yet....
thats about 60% of the plants in my garden!
I was quite happy to read this
www.theguardian.com
which suggests lots of people have had this die off this year
whats weird to me is, yes there was a very hot summer, but the plants all made it through that ok I thought, and winter wasnt that cold here in london...i remember one frost.
From that article
Gardeners are being urged to grow plants that can cope with extreme heat and cold after the Royal Horticultural Society was bombarded with letters from members asking why species they had cultivated successfully for years were now dying.
“It seems to be because of the temperature fluctuations,” said Nikki Barker, a senior horticultural adviser at the RHS. “We’ve gone from severe drought with an initially very mild autumn that turned cold. It’s the combination of weather patterns rather than one single event. And plants find it hard to deal with that fluctuation.”
This year has seen the driest February in England for 30 years, according to the Met Office, while March was the wettest for 40 years. April so far has had conditions ranging from lower than average temperatures to severe wind warnings. But late last week forecasters were finally predicting an improvement, with the temperature tipped to reach 21C in the capital over the bank holiday weekend.
thats about 60% of the plants in my garden!
I was quite happy to read this
April’s cold weather shows it’s time to fill our gardens with hardier plants, say experts
Top gardeners advise use of tougher varieties that can cope with extremes of heat and cold as conditions disappoint growers
whats weird to me is, yes there was a very hot summer, but the plants all made it through that ok I thought, and winter wasnt that cold here in london...i remember one frost.
From that article
Gardeners are being urged to grow plants that can cope with extreme heat and cold after the Royal Horticultural Society was bombarded with letters from members asking why species they had cultivated successfully for years were now dying.
“It seems to be because of the temperature fluctuations,” said Nikki Barker, a senior horticultural adviser at the RHS. “We’ve gone from severe drought with an initially very mild autumn that turned cold. It’s the combination of weather patterns rather than one single event. And plants find it hard to deal with that fluctuation.”
This year has seen the driest February in England for 30 years, according to the Met Office, while March was the wettest for 40 years. April so far has had conditions ranging from lower than average temperatures to severe wind warnings. But late last week forecasters were finally predicting an improvement, with the temperature tipped to reach 21C in the capital over the bank holiday weekend.
