UNDER WRAPS!
The state of the contents of my greenhouse is giving me some utter nightmares and could result in a ultimate tragedy. I did not take many cuttings this year but there are a few - mainly penstemons, erysium 'Bowles Mauve', lemon verbena and a parahebe which bears little white flowers. The November sown sweet peas are also in there along with a mature astelia and a phormium (both 2010 purchases) I was recently away for a week and unfortunately left home before the big freeze. I was foolishly very dismissive about the possibility of such a prolonged cold snap at this time of year Although the cuttings and the sweet peas were underneath some fleece just in case, I have serious doubts as to whether they will come through this weather undamaged. I have not dared to open the greenhouse doors to find, out so as soon as the mercury rises an urgent inspection awaits. I will be most sad if the parahebe suffers as my mother and I have both lost our original plants. All will be revealed in due course but in the meantime I am keeping my fingers crossed.
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I'll keep mine crossed for you and your garden as well! I do hate it when that happens!
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To have a huge garden is a dream for me!
ReplyDeleteI love gardens and all nature!
Good luck!
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Léia
OH NO! I hope your plants survive!
ReplyDeleteHope your plants are snug in the greenhouse and have survived. Look Luck.
ReplyDeleteFingers and toes crossed! :)
ReplyDeleteyeah, i'd be afraid to look, too. good luck.
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I've got mine lined with bubble wrap and an electric fan heater on a frost setting. Last week the temperature still fell to just under freezing on a couple of occasions. Each year I lose something despite my efforts.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your cuttings!
Think mine are Ok but dreading my elecricity bill!! Saying that I couldnt open the greenhouse door this morning as it was frozen solid
ReplyDeleteU is for understandably anxious - hope your plants survive your unpreparedness for this unexpectedly long cold spell, Anna. Have not heard of Parahebe so that's one to look up. Love the frosty image
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My fingers are crossed for you Anna. It will be such a shame to lose those plants, especially the parahebe.
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Oh, no! The best of lUck to you - hoping that all is well under the fleece and upcoming warmer weather.
ReplyDeleteI will cross my fingers for you too, - it was such an early winter here, and came so suddenly that I wwas unprepared with mulches and protection. We will all have to pray, - fervently.
ReplyDeleteHi Anna, I sympathise - we have quite a few cuttings in our unheated greenhouse too, and with the frost and ice the door is almost impossible to open. My fingers are firmly crossed for your plants and mine! Sara x
ReplyDeleteI'll keep my fingers crossed for you. I don't hold out much hope of things in my greenhouse surviving, the door is frozen solid, I can't open it.
ReplyDeleteDear Anna, The cold weather has indeed arrived unseasonably early and with such ferocity. I do so hope that your treasures will be safe in the glasshouse. Spring will tell!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing what you have under wraps. If you'd left us hanging, I'd be bummed. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your seedlings pull through.
ReplyDeleteprayers, hope you well..
ReplyDeleteblessings fly your way.
Happy Wednesday!
Hi Anna, I do hope your plants survive as I hate losing plants. I have put my two lemongrass plants in my garage which is attached to the house so isn't as cold as a seperate one. I have tucked them up with fleece but will have to wait to see if they survive.
ReplyDeleteAnna, I hope your plants will be OK. You have been having such cold weather, where ours seems milder and we have no snow. I cross my fingers and make a wish for you. ;>)
ReplyDeleteI hope everything survives, Anna! I was just looking at some plants I had planned to overwinter indoors--unfortunately, they are covered with snow right now, so it looks like I'll be starting from scratch next spring. It's hard to do battle with the Weather Gods.
ReplyDeleteI hope that now the weather has warmed up - you will find your treasures have survived - I know that I have lost quite a few cuttings - and an awful lot of my plants seem to be living in the (cold) kitchen - I suspect that we may have more of these cold spell before Spring arrives.
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