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What plants will be lost in this extended icy spell?

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justasking111 · 14/12/2022 22:17

I'm dreading the carnage. We live in North Wales usually mild wet winters. But a couple of times we've had weather like this and lost garden bushes. I recall a fuschia hedge we lost in 1978 or 79 it was so beautiful I cried. We've lost the odd fuschia since then. Where we have moved to have magnolias, rhodedendrons, camellias, big mature plants. What's going to survive?

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Bideshi · 19/12/2022 21:16

susan12345678 · 19/12/2022 15:51

Did you wrap them up? And what part of the country are you in?

SE.

We've never wrapped them up, we just put some loose straw in the centre and cover that area. I've never wrapped the trunks.

I'm sure they'll be fine. You don't need to wrap the trunks anyway. The bigger they are the more likely they are to survive.

userxx · 23/12/2022 22:04

I think the jasmines have died, should I cut them back off the trellis and hope for new growth in spring ?

Sluj · 08/01/2023 11:22

My 20 year olive had snow on the branches for a full week in December and has now lost 80% of its leaves. Is there any hope for it?

Lindy2 · 08/01/2023 11:30

I think I've lost my 25 year old Cornish Palm. It's not looking well at all. It was bought as a tiny plant on one of my first holidays with my now DH.

I've never had to protect it before and didn't think to do so sadly. (Surrey/London borders and in a sheltered spot).

I'm hoping it might set out some new shoots but I think it's a bit of wishful thinking.

Sluj · 08/01/2023 14:52

@Lindy2 it's sad isnt it? We are in the relatively mild home counties too and rarely lose anything. It's actually the only real feature in our tiny garden though a lot of the borders look fairly dead now too.

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