Hot and dry AND freezing cold!

[sunshinesupermum]

Now that climate change has begun to seriously affect my garden (a pot filled terrace) I've noticed that some plants either don't survive the winter OR conversely the summer.

So far my rhododendron, bamboo, olive, palm, Mrs Popple Fuschia, fern are all surviving. My camelia looks healthy but has no buds this year :0( The Acer and hydrangea both gave up after last summer. I still have irises, daffodils, lavender and other grasses as well.

What do you wise MN gardeners suggest I plant?

Are they regularly repotted with fresh compost/ feed/ watered appropriately?
Things in pots will dry out incredibly quickly

Thanks Harrymummy They are getting so much water (and well as snow) this winter and last summer were watered sufficiently I thought but obviously not. Have not repotted so will consider doing that this spring.

However I'm also interested in plants that will survive the extremes in temperature that we are now experiencing :-(

The problem isn't as simple as temperature- even stuff that's hardy will struggle with wind chill or if not healthy before the winter. Many of my plants in the ground look blinking awful right now as it's been a biting cold wind for a week. At least with pots, you can fleece/ cloche etc and care for them. Kind of hard to do that with a big border.