The Morgue

SteveV2

moodydonkey wrote: »

I lost my bleeding heart for some reason, picked up a new one cheap at a car boot, my lily of the valley seems to have loved the cold tho was beautiful.

Mine died right back but has been reviving itself now for quite some time. Leaves and even flowers. Great stuff

I did lose my tom plant while away on holiday. Had a frost at home and the poor !!!!!! is turning brown Was about a foot and a half tall too, even had some buds on it. Ah well, got about 10 more on the window cill atm so all will be good in the end.

absfabs

Lost a red cordyline, and the fuchsias aren't showing any sign of life yet. The geraniums in windowboxes (often make it in milder winters) died of course, but I had taken some cuttings which survived in the barely heated greenhouse.
The bleeding heart is in full flower, no problems there.
As we lost most of the dahlias left in the ground the winter before last, we had dug them up in the autumn, and the first ones are just showing signs of life now. A lot of them can be grown from seed, supposedly annuals, but we find they can be treated just the same as the tuber bought ones, get bigger every year.

JenniO

I live in the Northeast. I lost my entire front garden 2 cordylines, 2 palms, 1 bottlebrush (had this for 4 years!!) and ferns.......:(

absfabs

Now you mention it, a potted bottlebrush plant (grown from seed 5 years ago) seems to be dead, was in frost-free greenhouse, so hadn't associated this with the cold.

But overall been lucky here in the West, not lost whole garden like poor Jenni!

kimmee

I'm now worried about my penstemons as some of you seem to have lost yours , there's no signs of life as yet but I cut them right down in the autumn so I'm hoping. Also my hardy fuschia in a pot hasn't got any signs of life even though I cut it right back and mulched it with shredded branches which I've done in previous years.

I've also got a very large fuschia bush in one of my beds that looks a bit dead but at the weekend I noticed a few leaves had sprouted on the lower branches so there's hope. My lavatera which I cut back in the autumn seems to be sprouting from a few branches but only a few - the others all seem lifeless - I will be sad if it doesn't survive cos it put on a lovely show last year.

I have to say that unfortunately the weeds seem to be thriving - now why couldn't the awful frosts have killed them off permanently?!!

csnann

I am in Surrey, I lost my fuchsias, oriental poppies, rosemary and a small sweet laurel in a pot.

southerly

In Essex, I lost lots of terracotta pots, there is alway a bit of damage over the winter, but lots just crumbled round the edges. Also dahlias left in the ground (I think), and a large hebe was mostly but not quite killed. I was sick of it anyway, good excuse to dig it up. Also a large lavatera, but they are not very long lived anway.

conradmum

southerly wrote: »

In Essex, I lost lots of terracotta pots, there is alway a bit of damage over the winter, but lots just crumbled round the edges. Also dahlias left in the ground (I think), and a large hebe was mostly but not quite killed. I was sick of it anyway, good excuse to dig it up. Also a large lavatera, but they are not very long lived anway.

Talking of hardware, my hosepipe connector also bit the dust. My own stupid fault for leaving it out. I would say I won't make that mistake again but I did the same thing a few years ago! Too optimistic for my own good.

zarazara

nothing yet,but the rosemary bush is ailing. next door lost a eucalyptus.

southerly

I wish my neighbours would have lost their eucalyptus, but no such luck! It is huge and near the boundary, they take up loads of moisture from the soil, I live in a low rainfall area anyway. Don't mean to sound unsympathetic to your neighbours though.