WHAT JOBS ARE WE DOING IN THE GARDEN TODAY - 2017

@Verdun. Thanks as always. It's a shame. It's good that I have somewhere to ask before I commit to anything.

The skies here have cleared here too. Wind is still up though.

G.

 

How sad, it is the one I thought it might be. I remember how proud of it you were as we all stood gazing at it, under a beautiful sunny sky.
How glad I am that I bought one of its babies

 

I would do exactly as you have done Shiney.....ok, shame to lose such lovely plants but exciting to ring the changes too. And you have best time of the year to do it all. Am sure it will all look great
Gary, ask away. Its fine.

 

Just ventured out into garden this morning and it looks like I've lost most of my plants I did move the smaller pots but the large ones are too heavy and in any case I don't have much in the way of sheltered places. If I cut everything back to ground level is there any chance they will regrow?

 

So sorry to hear this, what sort of plants were damaged in the pots? Mostly herbaceous perennials? If so they should be fine cut back and re-emerge in Spring. Acers etc may be a little more difficult

 

Well thank gawd that Ophelia has left the building ....sorry for those members with damage to their gardens......... there is no lasting damage. Pleased to say apart from some Sunflowers, Lavatera and tall Cosmos snapped- which ive now placed in the garden in pots of water to finish their flowering season and , be still of some use to late pollinators all good with me... just really relieved there's no structural damage

 

Apart from herbaceous perennials, luciusmaximus, what other plants were damaged?
Don't panic though.....it must have looked horrendous at first sight but I'm sure most will be salvageable

 

We all lose plants at some time through disease or bad weather wind or frost etc.
Monty always says it’s not a disaster but an opportunity.
Not always easy ,but it has to be just that........even off like me have just had a Brug.ripped to shreds by the wind.

 

Seems like I've been lucky - the storm (or ex-hurricane as they seemed to want to call it) didn't hit toooo bad here). Sorry to hear of the mess/loss Lucius :(

Been outside today - yay! apart from dog walking, I went over to the lotty and harvested 3 more yellow courgettes and what I assume will be the last of the dwarf french beans, to go in tonights green curry.

Been in the back garden and dug out a load of clay around where the "Gardeners' World" rose was planted. chucked in a load of manure and compost out of old posts from the greenhouse used to grow thai long beans that were unsuccessful. Then I moved over the salvia Hummelo from the "good/sunny" border to around the Gardeners' World rose. Remembered to give them plenty of space. I don't think the salvias have flowered more than once due to the clay soil. Hopefully now with loads of clay dug out, manure and nice compost they will grow better for next year.

I've also planted a plant (which I cannot remember the name of) infront of the "Gardeners' World" clematis. I brought the unknown/unremembered plant from my old garden in Fleet and remember it was quite rampant but very pretty so should do well. The tiny bit I planted was from a bigger chunk that had nearly died as it was in a carrier bag for months & months that had been forgotten about - it is a survivor!!!

Dare I say this?...oh well...to be honest, I didn't think the plants planted through GW have done that well. The rose is o.k. but like every single rose in my garden, has started to suffer with mildew :( and I do think that the border for the clematis is far too hot/dry. The Rogersia is looking a little worse for wear now, but this could be due to the time of year now.



Just in the process of splitting up the plants in the borders and move them about to give them more space as I think I over crowded it. I don't think the overcrowding helps with mildew etc. Hmm, a lot to think about.

 

@snorky go easy on yourself medearie your doing just fine and dandy ive loved looking at your garden progress and you're under the weather at the moment bless you- so enjoy "the journey" LOL hate those cliches!!! but you know what i mean

And my fav one to keep us all inspired

 

Prob too dry for that rodgersia Snorky.....a plant for good deep rch moist soil. Ditto the rose.

Apart from potting up daphne perfume princess and odora, I have taken a few more cuttings of salvias, gaura (papillion) and tender osteospermums (voltage)! I have earmarked a few dahlias I will donate to local hospice gardens. Not much time for gardening

 

This is probably the worse damage. All 8 of the cherry trees, one of the hydrangeas, the sycamore, a small tree I don't know name of, a spirea, 2 buddlejas and all 4 of the ribes have been blasted. It looks like a sheet of fire has swept across the front garden. I'm guessing that it looks so bad because the leaves are still on these plants. Usually when we get bad weather the trees are bare. Will they recover? Is there anything I can do for them. Not sure if the fuchsias and the Fleabane will recover. I've cut them right back. Think the hardy geraniums will be ok and hopefully all my other burned plants will be ok as roots are not damaged.

 

@luciusmaximus I think you will be Ok with the plants you have mentioned, they have suffered wind scorch. They are unlikely to recover this year due to them shedding their leaves for winter soon, they is not much you can do but for prune back broken branches.

I haven't had to much damage here, some of the dahlia's are totally trashed now and the odd plant shredded. Blueberry plant and various other plants in pots blown around the garden.

 

Many of those will be salvageble lucius.....spirea, buddleias, fuchsias will recover well; I cut all those hard back anyway The cherries "blasted" ...?? but if just the leaves they will be fine. Geraniums too....they wont be affected at all
What can you do? I would wait for a week or three, take stock and wait for foliage to die down. If branches are intact all should be well. Any branches split I would cut cleanly away. In early spring apply fish blood and bone and a mulch.
Hopefully things will look a whole lot better