Scrapped the car for the first time since November and the 3rd time this winter. Came off easy as temps did not get below 1C. I can see snow on the hills behind Edinburgh. Still so must be colder over the hills. It snowed last night when I came off the train and we had some heavy showers throughout...

miketropic wrote:id take a bit of wind and rain over this -18c any day

Whilst I would not want to experience -18c again 100mph winds and the rainfall of late are hardly "a bit of wind and rain" Mike.

I was told that you could plant bamboo out any time of the year apart from when there was frost in the ground. I have a Fargesia rufa and it performs really well up here in my garden. Be aware that whilst the culms are pretty straight it will produce a lot of top growth, so put it somewhere it can s...

Yeah, I'd also been thinking, those houses will be gone by Sunday. The people living in them have already been evacuated (and probably evacuated themselves, too!) I am sure I saw a headline on one of the news websites today saying that some residents would not be returning to their houses, so you'r...

Paul Blight on UKWW was saying that the jet stream is now as strong as it was back in December and it has blown any cold over Scandinavia right back into Siberia.

I would like it to stay there, but also dry up a wee bit.

stephenprudence wrote:My E. mellifera is developing a primary stem now, so technically it's a tree.. it's about 7 feet tall. I'll get a photo soon!

Sounds great Stephen.

A photo would be good.

My pasteurii keeps making it to about 4 or 5 feet tall and then gets cut down to the ground by ice and frost

Lucky you!

It's windy, cold and there are some light showers being blown around up here.

It's just a continuation of the last 2 months weather, sigh...

I bet it's pretty grim up in Harthill in the middle of the central belt.

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GREVILLE wrote:........Anywhere on any single day in the UK that has stairods rain under as black as night sky and an all day temperature of +3.5c .........repeatedly

Welcome to my world!

I guess that you don't get weather like that down south that regularly

GREVILLE wrote:........Anywhere on any single day in the UK that has stairods rain under as black as night sky and an all day temperature of +3.5c .........repeatedly

Welcome to my world!

I guess that you don't get weather like that down south that regularly

LOL Stephen! Lots of places up here in Scotland are keek for exotic gardening. I feel sorry for Huphora, she may not get the extreme cold that we do, but the incessant wind and rain must be ball-breaking :( I don't know much about Wales' geography to comment, but in England the wilds of the NE or NW...

Well, prior to last night the temperature here had not dropped below 6C , let alone 0C, it is pity that it didnt last until month end because I seriously doubt that record would ever get beaten. If this goes on into February as they predict, I would guess we would be on for one of mildest winters o...

You need depth in your borders to really set your plants off. Whilst they look a wee bit sparse at the moment they will fill out over the years.

Good luck!

Boxes full of new plants are great fun!

Enjoy your new arrivals