It was severe downpours here too so your not alone i that respect. It had been a very dry spring, looking as a dry start to the summer so it was needed. I did not have hail stones. This is the Uk, I would not expect anything lessTimDA1 wrote:My garden is a complete mess. Yesterday (Saturday) we had a massive storm. Rain the heaviest I've seen in this country! Plus, had hailstones the size of marbles.
All my big leaved plants - Musa/Ensete, canna, alocs, colacs etc are completely shredded. More leaves all over the lawn than on the plants
Hopefully they will recover... my fonatanesii's which i bought a few weeks back and were doing so well, are now leafless
To be honest I wanted rain. The garden looks so much better when it rains, then when you water it from a hose. Last year it rained alot, although not boiling it the plants grew better with all the rain. Although I love being in the garden in the sun, I want temps to best suit what I am growing. If I was growing Agave or something similar I would be less keen on the rain. Hope it stays humidpalmking wrote:I feel for you guys! -The last few days, I've had nothing more than a light sprinkling . I've watched the Thunderstorms move around the pennines yesterday and today , whilst me on the lowland has been baking dry!
Makes a change!
Paul
Only in the American plain states and the Canadain praries can I visualize such an event. Well at least there they are truely the size of golf balls or larger. 