My snapdragons are just about over now. Time will tell how many make it through the winter. I did have some survive last winter and they flowered really well this year. I'm on the top of a hill so we have very strong, cold winds but we often miss the frosts that are in the area.
Thanks - so far the furthest North they survive seems to be Scottish islands! And they seem to have been perennial in most areas of the UK for about the past 4 years...
My snapdragons have still has a few flowers and continues to bloom. My biggest surprise is one my delphiniums thinks it’s spring and has started to grow and produce flower stems again ( in Leeds ) .
We moved into this house 4 years ago next January and every year snapdragons have come up, this year they have come up in a completely different place as well so are obviously self seeding. My sweet peas are still flowering now, enough for a small vase each week and the calendula are going well. We are South Somerset on heavy clay soil
Oh the planet will be fine. It's the people and animals that will suffer. Plants and insects will adapt - short life cycles = rapid evolution. But trees and larger animals, especially the top predators, with longer life cycles will probably not all survive. We are probably seeing the beginning of a mass extinction event.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Posts
Wow - they look amazing! Have they overwintered with you before?
No first time I have grown them ,see what happens
My snapdragons are just about over now. Time will tell how many make it through the winter. I did have some survive last winter and they flowered really well this year. I'm on the top of a hill so we have very strong, cold winds but we often miss the frosts that are in the area.
Thanks - so far the furthest North they survive seems to be Scottish islands! And they seem to have been perennial in most areas of the UK for about the past 4 years...
Last edited: 14 November 2017 20:07:21
GLOBAL WARMING
Yes indeed. That's very reason that I end the blog post with reference to the 'bitter sweet' pleasures of these late flowers...
My antirrhinums are still growing as in the pictures above. This unusual weather is really not good for our planet .
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
My snapdragons have still has a few flowers and continues to bloom. My biggest surprise is one my delphiniums thinks it’s spring and has started to grow and produce flower stems again ( in Leeds ) .
Last edited: 16 November 2017 01:02:03
We moved into this house 4 years ago next January and every year snapdragons have come up, this year they have come up in a completely different place as well so are obviously self seeding. My sweet peas are still flowering now, enough for a small vase each week and the calendula are going well. We are South Somerset on heavy clay soil
Oh the planet will be fine. It's the people and animals that will suffer. Plants and insects will adapt - short life cycles = rapid evolution. But trees and larger animals, especially the top predators, with longer life cycles will probably not all survive. We are probably seeing the beginning of a mass extinction event.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”