It's such a pity @bede that you put in some of your posts that you don't want to be unfriendly or unkind so what is it you want to be?
Did I say that? I don't want, or need, to be friendly or kind either. Just to be helpful where I can.
I don't want to exclude people unnecessarily, but Aberdeenshire to Cornwall is already a massive climate change. We do sometimes need a common denominator. Diversity can be overdone.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Everyone who gardens anywhere is welcome here. The more countries the better, it is always good to know what is going on elsewhere. What we don’t need is certain rude people.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
It's difficult to tell yet which has kicked the bucket and which might survive, although one of my hebes looks decidedly worse for wear. If I lose this one, I think I might give up on hebe. My tender Californian carpenteria however seems to have survived, much to my surprise.
I am not going to try looking at my plants until April/May time. So many of them are just blackened heaps of mush. I think I have lost a lovely purple-leaved elephants ears which was in the pond. I forgot to bring it into the conservatory in a bucket of water in Sept., as I did last year. I am hoping the freeze will encourage all plants to revert back to "normal growth" patterns. I have been surprised at some shrubs which survived the drought conditions of the summer with no help from me, no watering even. They seemed to thrive and flowered better than ever. Time will tell if they have coped with the freeze-up.
I celebrate a good hard frost to kill off some of the bugs which plague us gardeners.
NO, we all garden, it is the same story, just told in a slightly different way. I learn so much hearing about gardening, and wildlife in different countries.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I agree, @punkdoc. I've gardened in Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, west Yorks, Northumberland and now western Ireland. Everywhere different, each experience fascinating. And the contributors to this forum from Europe, Australia, USA etc add so much to my knowledge and enjoyment.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Just like Venn diagrams, there are different overlaps for different places and different times. Diversity is interesting, but there is a place for focus. Let's keep it simple wherever possible.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I used to compete at our village Horticultural Society shows ... members and competitors had to live within a given boundary. The internet is global ..........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I don't want to exclude people unnecessarily, but Aberdeenshire to Cornwall is already a massive climate change. We do sometimes need a common denominator. Diversity can be overdone.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
The more countries the better, it is always good to know what is going on elsewhere.
What we don’t need is certain rude people.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I am hoping the freeze will encourage all plants to revert back to "normal growth" patterns. I have been surprised at some shrubs which survived the drought conditions of the summer with no help from me, no watering even. They seemed to thrive and flowered better than ever. Time will tell if they have coped with the freeze-up.
I celebrate a good hard frost to kill off some of the bugs which plague us gardeners.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.