New RHS UK hardiness system.
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New RHS UK hardiness system.
A new hardiness system will, be released next year. Full details and an overwintering guide in the latest gw mag.
Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
Doesn't matter who releases what, it won't replace local experience
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Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
Very true plus they have Mahonia as more tender than a Trachycarpus!flounder wrote:Doesn't matter who releases what, it won't replace local experience
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Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
Did they base it\rest it in the several locations in the country........I bet not !
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Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
I've looked into hardiness in quite some depth, and it is like weather forecasting.... there are just too many variables. Two major problems are initial plant health, and how the person grows it. Either of those are not right, and a plant is much more likely to succumb to winter
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Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
It wont make the plants any hardier either.flounder wrote:Doesn't matter who releases what, it won't replace local experience
Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
You won't beat the HTUK hardiness system - check every post
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Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
could be true,there were a few dead ones round this way last yearYorkshire Kris wrote:Very true plus they have Mahonia as more tender than a Trachycarpus!flounder wrote:Doesn't matter who releases what, it won't replace local experience
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Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
I have about a dozen mahonia's , they went through last winter unmarked?, i'm shocked as i thought they were as hardy as an oak tree!. the coldness at present is a bit worrying as its unusual round here at this time of year, when i came in last night it felt like a november night. karl.
Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
Yes a crappe summer and now looks like an early crappe Autumn. The joys of gardening in the UK.karl66 wrote:I have about a dozen mahonia's , they went through last winter unmarked?, i'm shocked as i thought they were as hardy as an oak tree!. the coldness at present is a bit worrying as its unusual round here at this time of year, when i came in last night it felt like a november night. karl.
Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
Some mahonias are hardier than some oaks, but the hardiest mahonias are a lot less hardy than the hardiest oaks. There's a lot of variation in both genera, though.karl66 wrote:I have about a dozen mahonia's , they went through last winter unmarked?, i'm shocked as i thought they were as hardy as an oak tree!.
Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
I love these Maps from the Met Office. Yep, local knowledge is key for sure but the maps are still nice to look at.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/ ... pavge.html
Jerry
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/ ... pavge.html
Jerry
Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
Except they don't have maps of absolute minima and maxima. Useless!cannondale28 wrote:I love these Maps from the Met Office. Yep, local knowledge is key for sure but the maps are still nice to look at.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/ ... pavge.html
Jerry
Re: New RHS UK hardiness system.
Just been looking at these maps and looking at how things have changed over the last 50 years. I thought the south would seem drier than than the midlands and there's a small area east of Inverness that seems to get very low readings for rainfall, easily as dry as anywhere else in the UK. A dry part of Scotalnd, never thought I'd see that. Sorry, getting a little bit nerdy here.Conifers wrote:Except they don't have maps of absolute minima and maxima. Useless!cannondale28 wrote:I love these Maps from the Met Office. Yep, local knowledge is key for sure but the maps are still nice to look at.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/ ... pavge.html
Jerry
Worth a look though on a rainy Sunday.
Jerry