But even if knocked back, will it be any 'further back' than if it hadn't grown in December? My thoughts are that if stuff is knocked back I'll remove any dead stuff in spring, give it some feed and it'll grow on as usual - fingers crossed.
I think if we get a warm spell early in the spring followed by a cold snap that can cause some problems, but I'm not going to worry about this mild spell ............. yet
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The way I look at it is that if they're flowering now I'll enjoy them now. Hazel catkins are dancing merrily in the hedgerows now instead of around my birthday at the end of January. If the spring is a bit lacklustre then that's just a price we have to pay
But yes, a frost or three to deter the aphids and slugs would be good
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
In Dordogne we have longer summers than in the UK (except this year when we had frosts in early October!). Often we don't get cold weather until January when it can be very cold. Plants get used to it. I don't have any daffodils showing yet and only tips of snowdrops. One year my clematis "Bleu d'Azur" was flowering in early January. It was late to flower later that year and didn't grow quite as well, but it's got over it.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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But even if knocked back, will it be any 'further back' than if it hadn't grown in December? My thoughts are that if stuff is knocked back I'll remove any dead stuff in spring, give it some feed and it'll grow on as usual - fingers crossed.
I think if we get a warm spell early in the spring followed by a cold snap that can cause some problems, but I'm not going to worry about this mild spell ............. yet
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The way I look at it is that if they're flowering now I'll enjoy them now. Hazel catkins are dancing merrily in the hedgerows now instead of around my birthday at the end of January. If the spring is a bit lacklustre then that's just a price we have to pay
But yes, a frost or three to deter the aphids and slugs would be good
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Spring won't be lacklustre whatever happens...our stuff will be later than yours, as usual, so I'll share it with you all
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
In Dordogne we have longer summers than in the UK (except this year when we had frosts in early October!). Often we don't get cold weather until January when it can be very cold. Plants get used to it. I don't have any daffodils showing yet and only tips of snowdrops. One year my clematis "Bleu d'Azur" was flowering in early January. It was late to flower later that year and didn't grow quite as well, but it's got over it.