All growth down here where i live in South Wales, growth has been enormous, our garden is looking great, we are so pleased, definately the weather is the cause.since I've been gardening full time since Sept 2025 and first year I haven't fried in April /May So I think you and others have hit the nail on the head. Too much eay heat, stuntsgrowth 😁
All growth down here where i live in South Wales, growth has been enormous, our garden is looking great, we are so pleased, definately the weather is the cause.since I've been gardening full time since Sept 2025 and first year I haven't fried in April /May So I think you and others have hit the nail on the head. Too much eay heat, stuntsgrowth 😁
Interesting: down here we had severe drought last summer but most of my flowering shrubs have done alright. However, my early perennials have been REALLY good. My own, very dodgy theory, is that they have responded to a later Spring which was the pattern until only a matter of years ago and is more 'natural' for them. I am prepared for mockery of this notion!
I think that cool spring suiting some of the garden plants better makes sense from what I have seen here as well. Had a small number not doing as well as other years, with guelder rose for example only having what seemed like a very short period of flowering. Most have done better than usual even if a little bit later to start, and the number of bees about at the moment is as good as or better than I have seen before.
I put down any rose success I have had this year, entirely down to the rose thread.
I think it's important to acknowledge (for me) that the areas of the UK and Ireland, France and Spain (where most of the members here seems to be from) have massively different weather. What happens in London and the South East bares little relavance to what is happening in Devon or Fife. Down here we are often dry and warm through the summer, where the north is deluged. The frosts dates are entirely different around the country.
In London we had a frost warning on 26th May. A few nights ago it was 5oC, which is crazy for the end of June. 20oC overnight a few weeks ago. I can see how plants just can't cope with these swings, where it's so unusual for us. It seems this year we have broken records for the coldest, hottest, wettest and driest. No doubt records will continue to fall as the years roll on.
We started a local garden club for newbies last year during lockdown and the weather was kind. People started their toms outside early (despite the advice) and we didn't get late frosts. april and May were warm. Everything grew well. Many peolpe have continued to grow this year and it's such a different story. Many neighbours have got disheartened because it's all so much slower and they have lost much more. They are all back and work and it seems much more of a slog.
Interesting: down here we had severe drought last summer but most of my flowering shrubs have done alright. However, my early perennials have been REALLY good. My own, very dodgy theory, is that they have responded to a later Spring which was the pattern until only a matter of years ago and is more 'natural' for them. I am prepared for mockery of this notion!
I think that cool spring suiting some of the garden plants better makes sense from what I have seen here as well. Had a small number not doing as well as other years, with guelder rose for example only having what seemed like a very short period of flowering. Most have done better than usual even if a little bit later to start, and the number of bees about at the moment is as good as or better than I have seen before.
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I think that cool spring suiting some of the garden plants better makes sense from what I have seen here as well. Had a small number not doing as well as other years, with guelder rose for example only having what seemed like a very short period of flowering. Most have done better than usual even if a little bit later to start, and the number of bees about at the moment is as good as or better than I have seen before.