Winter Losses/Survivors 2014/15

Well, kind of thinking that as you only planted it last year it might not be thinking of flowering this year, they tend to flower with the root restriction, but once planted out it takes a year or two before flowering starts again.
If its not dead and showing signs of growth, I would not worry too much.

 

Okie doke thanks :-)

What if it produces no leaves at all this year. Im guessing i should be concerned then.

 

Yes it should grow this year, and quite fast, once it gets moving.

 

That would be normal I would have thought. The younger bark on mine looks like it splits/peels and is replaced with fresh as it grows.

I think Pete is going along the right track here. They may well have caught a chill whilst small and vulnerable. And there were the winds/gales a few weeks ago as well.

 

okie doke i wont worry about the bark

It has been windy but the end of the garden its really sheltered as its surrounded by over 6ft fences and the two sheds. i dunno i will just see

I have prepared for the worst tho if it dies i'm going to replace it with a akebia quinata as i know that definitely grows in that area and would be fine

 

I lost 3 Tricyrtis, not to the weather but to Vine weevil larvae, I guess the mild weather meant more survived the winter. Sadly one was my favourite, T. Monyama, not easy to find on sale and not a particularly good garden plant but the flowers were stunning. It was my own fault really, because it was such a weak plant, I had it in a pot but obviously slacked with the Provada Vine weevil killer. I have only seen this on sale once when I bought it so don't hold much hope of finding it again. I also lost T.Shikin and Gilt Edge. I have potted on what scraps were loft, hopefully be able to save something, I think Gilt Edge may come good though.

RIP T.Monoyama

 

Well it looks if I've lost both Geranium tuberosum and G transervale.

 

That's a disaster. Much too nice to lose.

But on the whole your losses were light?

I'm now resigned to the fact that I've lost all my Arisaema that I planted out. In the rockery, great attention to drainage etc. I'll have a dig around at the weekend.

 

Well, A.tortuosum has survived..................


Now this is a real surprise - a spare Tradescantia pallida that I planted out last year has come back from the roots..................

 

Another thread reminded me of this....

A few of my Liliums haven't come up.
Strangely, it's only those in 1 section of my raised beds.
The rest have been fine. And have some nice flowers on them.

 

Could it be that you have an issue with drainage in that particular section of raised bed?

I had a bed that I just could not get anything to grow well in. Well I redesigned the garden, I decided to build a pond in that spot. When I just out the pond, there was a solid concrete base 20 or so inches under the ground. That took some digging out!

 

Moisture pocket?

 

Could be a moisture/drainage issue.
I can't remember if I planted them last summer or if it was before that and they have survived a winter or not?