Recent Frosts - any damage?

[Martinr]

A bit off topic Paul. What make of greenhouse are you erecting, I may be in the market for alpine house no. 2 shortly.

[PDJ]

The greenhouse is a Robinsons Regent chosen mainly for the thickness of the aluminium.

[Martinr]

Thanks Paul, having just checked out the prices at my local retailer I might just sacrifice a bit of quality in favour of economy. My current alpine house is a Robinson 'popular'. A range they sadly no longer make which was about half the price of the next up in their range. It is now 18 years old and in it's second home having survived the move from East Kilbride to Derby...and any greenhouse that can withstand winter in an exposed location in East Kilbride will survive almost anywhere.

[Mick McLoughlin]

A little bit of damage first Echium wildpretii, a bit ambitious outside in Yorkshire probably but I had a few extra from seed exchange seedlings to try outside. I've still got some in pots in the greenhouse.

Should have knocked the snow off the tree fern fronds, but they look OK just discoloured.

Are Delospermum etc hardy? Soon find out I suppose.

[cohan]

A little bit of damage first Echium wildpretii, a bit ambitious outside in Yorkshire probably but I had a few extra from seed exchange seedlings to try outside. I've still got some in pots in the greenhouse.

Should have knocked the snow off the tree fern fronds, but they look OK just discoloured.

Are Delospermum etc hardy? Soon find out I suppose.

good luck with all of them, mick!
delos can indeed be hardy, wet can be a different issue!
check this thread:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3795.0

[Anthony Darby]

The greenhouse is a Robinsons Regent chosen mainly for the thickness of the aluminium.

I swear by Robinson's greenhouses (and sometimes inside mine).

[mark smyth]

My Bird of Paradise (plant) is dead. My fault because I left it in the greenhouse - it has spent every winter out there. A large Cyrtanthus with green tipped orange flowers, or the other way round, is mush. Cyrtanthus montana is also badly affected by the frost.

[Darren]

Sorry to hear of all these losses. I've a couple of frozen solid shallow troughs outside with common dutch crocus in which I'm not too optimistic about. The other potted bulbs are either indoors or plunged in a deep frame so fingers crossed. One of the fishbox troughs has a couple of dwarf narcissi in so perhaps they will struggle.

[daveyp1970]

Mark have you lost the roots and bulb on your cytanthus,i nearly got caught out myself forgot to turn on my heater when i went away to see my parents the pots were frozen but haven't lost anything not yet anyway crossfingers.

[Maggi Young]

As Susan Band said elsewhere on the Forum... it is too early to mourn losses as yet..... only time will tell if the seemingly dead bodies being reported now are quite unable to revive when the weather improves.... it is often amazing and heartening to see what can survive...... fingers crossed and chins up, chaps, it may not be as bad as it seems. It is always important to give plants, be they bulbs in pots or shrubs in the garden, a chance to regrow after even apparently devastating damage.

[mark smyth]

Davy P the top growth is mush and the pot solid.

Could this be the year to wipe out our Rhodohypoxis?

[Lori S.]

I've a couple of frozen solid shallow troughs outside with common dutch crocus in which I'm not too optimistic about.

Plain old "dutch crocus" are completely hardy here where the ground freezes to several feet down without snow cover.  I wouldn't worry.

[cohan]

I've a couple of frozen solid shallow troughs outside with common dutch crocus in which I'm not too optimistic about.

Plain old "dutch crocus" are completely hardy here where the ground freezes to several feet down without snow cover.  I wouldn't worry.

right now feels like we must be frozen to several metres down...lol--although there is plenty of snow cover this year

[Martin Baxendale]

I'm hoping my frames full of snowdrop seedlings in pots are okay. They're covered with a double layer of bubble wrap, some netting to hold that in place, and an inch or two of snow. The pots aren't plunged, only sitting on a layer of old vermiculite and sand, so they're almost certain to be frozen solid, but hopefully not damaged. I'll take a look later and throw on some extra bubble wrap. Too late to bring them in now, and my lean-too is already filled with pots of more mature bulbs from seed and chipping.

[mark smyth]

bubble v fleece?

My Nerines are frozen under fleece.