Last Thursday night the garden has a pretty miserable time.
We had winds of up to 85 miles per hour in this part of Wales
Together with torrential rain.
So … the garden got rather flattened.
I could not bear to look at it on Friday and I went to hide in my studio.
Saturday I spent the day hauling all the plants back into an upright position.
And dumping those that were beyond repair into the compost.
All things considered – the damage could have been much worse.
We had no trees, chimney pots or roof tiles flying across the garden
Just Tomato plants, Dahlias, my lovely, lovely Digitalis Stewartii,
(sob)
Plus every spare pot and seed tray that hadn’t been put away
Ended up in the pond.
Sunday and today, loads more rain turning the ground into a swamp
So all the upright plants have now fallen over again.
Anyway – after a few days hiding in my studio, (which sadly has been neglected for over a year now)
It is now brilliantly clean and tidy!
(The studio that is – not the garden)
And the plants will mostly come back again next year
Hi,
Sorry to hear about your plants! We’ve had some high winds last week but nothing like yours it would seem… I’ve had to stake a few plants such as Hollyhocks but everything has survived just fine.
I am sure most will come back happily, perhaps even before the year is out!
Hi Liz and thanks for dropping by – I know you are right – and everything will be just fine. I think the wind came as a bit of a surprise because we have had so little wind here this year. Although living by the coast it is windy.
K
It’s 29C here in London today. But if it’s any consolation, I had to put on my wellies and a long-sleeved shirt in order to plant something between two euphorbias this morning. I was soaking – but not with rain!
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Sometimes I confess to being a little bit envious when I see the weather forecast for the rest of the UK – although really this year has been lovely up until the last couple of weeks, so I really shouldn’t moan. So what were you planting Victoria?
K
85 miles per hour? Wow! I hope your plants will be OK…
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It was quite strange Tatyana – because the wind was comparatively warm! although very gusty and seemed like it was coming from different directions. Very quiet when it blew itself out though.
K
Oh my, Karen, I am so sorry for that foul weather and the losses involved. Good thing there was no structural damage with those kinds of winds, for there certainly could have been. Getting your studio in order must be some satisfaction, but I will join you in mourning the Digitalis. May it return, or have seeded.
xxxooo
Frances
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Hi Frances – hopefully it will do both – some of them I am sure will be fine they are just leaning a lot, some of them I will cut the flower spikes off and I think they will come back next year – no worries.
Now I have a nice clean studio … I have to think of something to do in it!!
K
Ah! – so that is what ponds are for – catching flying garden debris. We have had rain and wind here too but not as much as you. Now temperatures have risen again and my light soil is as dry as a bone. Some poor plants are wilting away while others are impervious. I am doing a lot of sighing!
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I was planting a Buddleia x weyeriana ‘Sungold’. It’s in rather an inhospitable spot, behind a loquat, but I’m hoping it will be tough enough to survive. I liked the idea of the orangey flowers waving at me through the loquat.
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I know Karen, we have had some of those winds too.We worry about the baby swallows getting enough insects.But,I’ve just come back from the dusty South East, where they are complaining about paying for water and the gardens look dusty, tho bright. Personally,I definitely need more plant supports!
Well, we have had both – our garden is still dusty and plants are dying because they haven’t got enough water (my summer bulbs in particular have hardly flowered this year) but we had gale force winds on Wednesday/Thursday and all the pond plants were blown over so my lovely crystal clear pond is once again filled with earth. Sigh. Why do we do this again?
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sorry to hear about the losses. It is amazing that most plants survive the weather, even though it does make sense that they could. So glad you had studio time.
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Oh dear. Plants long to live, they will come back and maybe you now have a good excuse to buy some of those that have been on your mind’s wish list for a while. Slap a silver lining around that horrible cloud and keep smiling xx
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Poor you – how brave you are.
Sorry about the wind, we had it here but not as bad.
But perdonally I am delighted the warm weather broke somewhat – all the waterinjg was getting a nightmare!
Best
R
My dear I am so sorry to hear this news~Mother Nature had some kind of nasty tantrum over Wales. It’s so shocking to look at garden destruction~I think I am still mourning plant losses from the crushing 18 inches of rain we had in May. Let’s hope they comes back next year even more magnificently. In the meantime there’s always pots of annuals to help out~xxxgail
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