The hardiness of plants over tha past 5 years or so

As`we all know, global warming is a very real problem & affects us all in different ways. The UK is undoubtably getting warmer.

What i would like to know is if any of you have noticed any plants that say 5-10 years ago wouldn't have survived outside in our climate now doing so.

any pics you may have would be good too. :D

 

My next door neighbors fuschias survive being left out during the winter.

 

I was just thinking that Stingo, fuschias are left to their own fate now with very few problems. :D

 

I have a passion flower growing happily outdoors on the Eastern coast of Scotland - admittedly, we're protected to a certain extent by the Forth, and it's been a pretty mild winter, but even so....

 

Thats another one dendy, passion flower, haven't lost the leaves off my common one this year or the last couple of years. I also have some semi evergreen privet which is no longer semi, just evergreen.

 

I too have found that my Fuschia I nave now left out permanently in a large tub for the last couple of years.

 

I like your avatar and bottom piccies r2oo

 

Thanks, got them from www.animationfactory.com there are quite a few freebies on there...

 

I've never grown fuschias before so don't know a lot about them but Barry my neighbor has a lovely one which he transported from another house and replanted it in his new garden, it's thriving really well.

He has given me a cutting which I have in the greenhouse, not sure it's looking too healthy though or maybe it's just in a dormant stage at the moment.

It's good to try new flowers and plants I think

 

The first plants that comes to mind are palms. Years ago Canary Island Date Palms (CIDPs) were virtually unknown planted out anywhere other than the Scilly Isles but now thousands are imported every year and are thriving along with Yatays(butia) Chamaerops (Eurpean Fan Palm) and to a lesser extent Washingtonias. Bougainvilleas can stay outside most of the year and Oleanders now survive outside, Olives too. These are just a few I can think of.

 

Well I would love a Washintonia 'Californian Palm' in my garden.

 

I wrap my pheonix (date palm) but more to protect from the high winds than the frosts. I have sweet peas still green and climbing that i forgot to remove last autumn. I also had a couple of summer clematis in flower over xmas.

 

Unprotected this year, has been fine so far. It's only a small one from tesco, reduced from �£9.99 to �£2.99 year before last.

 

r200, if you go for a washy, I think you will be supprised, although mine gets damaged, and last year quite badly, they grow so fast that they more than make up the damage the following summer.

This is mine after last winter.


This is the same plant after last summer.

 

Nice plants, any idea if they ever grow to tree status in this country?