HIGHER MORWELL GARDEN DIARY
27th April 2017
One word, frost. Until this week we’d had but two
short periods this year when the temperature had
fallen below zero, 10th and 11th February. Overnight
on 25th April we had several hours at -1.0°C, and
short periods of the same on the nights of the 24th
and 26th.
The runner beans
needed to be planted
out as they were starting
to climb all over the
place and each other in
the greenhouse. All are
now lying on the ground
and won’t revive. We
have already planted
another batch of seeds
in pots in the
greenhouse. The pea
plants planted at the
same time seem
unaffected by the cold.
Some of the hydrangeas
seem to have suffered
badly with new leaves
turning brown, others
hardly touched at all.
Hopefully the flowers to
come later won’t be
affected.
This pink azalea was
magnificent this year,
not any more. Another
pink azalea has turned
brown too, but the red
azaleas don’t show
anything like this
amount of damage.
The poor smokebush,
decimated last year
twice by rabbits and
deer, has lost about 50%
of its leaves to the frost
too.