Storm damage

Hi

we have storm Kathleen wreaking havoc in northern England as we speak !! I’ve had an amazing growth of tulips for the first time after ages & Sod’s Law a storm hits early April! I haven’t protected the tulips and already one has snapped . I haven’t dealt with storms before affecting tulips - I guess in my mind they’re flexible enough , but obviously not. Hycianth have been flattened and snapped too . Any advice to ward against future events like this ? I was thinking staking each tulip but there’s like 300!Dreading going out in morning to see the potential damage!

 

I put my tulips in pots so that I can move them if the weather gets rough, and I can also put them where they can be seen and then moved out of the way after they've finished.
If you want them in the ground maybe planting them in between shrubs might help protect them from strong winds.

 

We often get rough weather here at this time of year, so it's always a case of planting anything likely to be in flower [ and a bit floppy] in among shrubs, or potted - just as @Michael Hewett describes.
I lost my mature white broom a few years ago - completely uprooted, and although I staked it, and really firmed it back in, it was never happy. The joys of gardening!

 

We are the same. Large pots, or in protected areas between shrubs, away from the prevailing wind.
Inevitably though, in storms, some suffer breakage. They're the ones that are used indoors!

 

Our poor daffodils have been dancing till they dropped! I've got 3 large vases full of windfalls already and no doubt more when I go outside. Never had as many before.

 

When a storm is forecasted I usually do a round to pick any blooms to bring into vases. Picking flowers from the garden goes against my grain but it's better than watching them turning into mushy peas.

Looking at the bright side @Shaneoak , you can just convince yourself that you decided to remove blooms in order to allow the bulb to gather maximum strength for next year.

Storm damage is sad to look at.

 

My tulips are also mainly in pots but i have some near a highish hedge but they are getting shredded. The daffs are doing rather better though. Lot to be said for having all the tulips in pots half buried in the garden i think.

 

Down south we only got a bit of gusty drizzle. It was enough to decorate my front path with trachycarpus seeds(again)

 

Hey thanks for the tips guys£ girls ! Well, it’s totally flattened the Muscari and narcissus. The tulips were mostly intact thankfully. I guess they look a lot stronger than I thought . Everytooks really batters though . It was pretty bad in the York area . Glad everyone was ok though

 

Down here the camellias and magnolias are taking a hammering. It is such a shame. Everywhere is littered with fallen petals. With an amber warning for more strong winds tomorrow.