The tree ferns are now well and truly brown, I just hope the fleece, stuffed in the crowns will be enough.
The very first banana I ever bought has been ruined, I am totally devastated about this one in particular, as chances are it would have flowered this year! It is soft all the way to the bottom.
The Red Tiger has probably had it as well as it only went in last year.
The banana by the pond is just as bad
The fan palm has gone too although I probably shouldn't have left this one out,
I get confused when plants are given to me and people tell me a name, I usually forget!
Need to decide what to do with these now?
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Oh bugger. :( It was a wild and windy night I suppose...compost heap for them now? Glad I only have two scrappy geraniums to worry about!
Uh oh!! I'd leave everything for the time being, come spring you could be surprised with a green shoot here and there. It's amazing how strong plants can be.
I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed that there is at least some life left in one or two of them.
OH Libby, what a pity. I agree with Yolanda Elizabet, wait and see.
They may surprise you yet.
I heard about the high winds and heavy rain you had, not from the weather man, but from my DH who was watching the British footie..!
I read a previous post you did about the lavender and bees etc, perhaps that is the best route. The tropicals are gorgeous, but with your back the way it is, perhaps it's time for less of a challenge.
hugs
xx
Hi Libby, thanks for your comment! I caught a bit of the Victorian Farm, but my body clock is seriously out of synchronisation with the clock clock, so I think I fell asleep half way through. Am waking any time between 4 and 6 (6 is good as John has to get up for work then if he's going swimming) and needing tea - John is a good sport and makes a pot for me even at 4am. :-)
Didn't know you'd started a new blog, haven't been visiting blogs much as we've had a lot of stuff going on with selling parental flat and having to clear it etc. I reckon we probably need 3 more trips to finish - completion of the sale is due 30 Jan touch wood!
I don't know much about tropical plants, but I wouldn't ditch anything until they've had at least a chance to come back in the spring/early summer.
I may have lost the agapanthuses I grew from seed and took to the caravan last year, but spring time will tell! I think the original plants just might survive with a bit of luck, again time will tell.
We had New Year at the caravan, but it was bitter cold and we had power cuts, no central heating on New Year's Day, and only half power (not enough for fridge and TV) for most of the day... And then couldn't re-set the boiler!
Still not had time to get back to the Genealogy - John has yet another cold, so we're all a bit at sixes and sevens, plus the living room is full of the last load of stuff from the flat, might begin to try get it organised a bit tomorrow.
Hugs from Liverpool
Oh no.... after all your hard work it would be devastating to lose the tropicals now. But as a couple of other commenters have noted, some of these plants are quite resilient and as long as they don't get hit with any more really bad weather, they may have some life left in them yet.
Let's keep our fingers crossed!
Hi Libby.....I really love your tropicals, and was sad to see these photographs.....I do hope that some of them may possibly survive....
The weather here has been all over the place.....
In answer to your question, yes, quite a few Scots people live around here, but the Robbie Burns Night is held at a seniors residence auditorium, so many of the residents come too, whether they have Scots ancestry or not. Anyway, its a fun night, and as you say, a good excuse for a knees-up.
Positive thinking - leave them with the foliage on - and perhaps they will sprout from the roots in the spring.
Bananas are quite hardy - so I have read.
Fingers crossed
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