Yorkshire Kris wrote:

cordyman wrote:my bamboos are going crazy, new culms everywhere, was snapping a load off yesterday which were too close to the wall

The Fargesias that I planted last year are also shooting like crazy.

No movement on any of my Fargesia yet, and it is normally my rufa or scabrida that start first.

Great palms.

It would be great to see any palms around here.

normalscottishkeech

To be fair he's finaly got rid of it all and burnt all the box! Must be quite sad for him Agreed, he said that he planted them out 15 years ago and my eldest will be 15 years old this summer and to have to get rid of something that you have cared and nurtured for for that long must be difficult. I ...

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Runners are well behaved up here.

If anything it is the Fargesia that do really well and keep expanding a little bit too much.

We reached 9C.

A bit disappointing, pffft!

bordersboy wrote:Dreich !

Yes, very!

Light rain here.

At least the wind has eased off.

bordersboy wrote:Its been blowing a gale here all day,sunny so not so bad. Still too early to put the blowaway greenhouses up then

Aye, after the rain this morning came the strong winds, sigh.

It's pouring down with rain here

The forecast is for it dry up later though, but wondering around garden centres in the rain isn't much fun and I won't be able to do much digging to the bit out the front that I have cleared.

Oh well.

The weather remains unsettled up here and it will be a while before we start to enjoy the more favourable weather.

Winters up here in the north are longer and can be brutal at times, contrary to what some people may say

At 12.45pm I was driving down from the train station to pick up my eldest and the sky went darker and darker and then we had hail followed by some snow.

Just looking out the window again and I see that it is hailing again.

Typical March weather really.

Wintry showers up here today.

A max of 10ºC here with rain in the morning.

Sigh!