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On 01/01/2019 11:08, Jeff Layman wrote:
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Although it has been pretty mild, I'm surprised at how much of the
tender stuff is still in flower here (south central Hampshire). We are
expecting a frost tonight and perhaps for the next couple of days. I'll
bet the bedding/pot plants will be hit, but expect there will still be a
flower or two on the most sheltered ones.

I'm sure that Charlie and Chris will be doing a lot better in
"equatorial" Cornwall!

Happy New Year!

Amongst the more tender things still hanging on with flowers here are
some sempervivums and pelargoniums in a hanging baskets. The last few
flowers are still going on centranthus ruber in protected spots and
calendulas are still going great guns with a fine display of flowers.

Daffodils and snowdrops are well advanced but so far none are out.

This is in sunny North Yorkshire where plenty of weeds are still
growing, flowering and setting seed too. Last few mild days seems to
have brought quite a few things back into flower. Looks like they are in
for a shock tonight though when a hard frost is predicted.

Only things in flower in my garden are some winter pansies in
tubs, primulas (that seemed to burst back into life in mid-Dec,
and snowdrops. Those under a magnolia tree - I was very slow
(or too lazy) to clear the leaves of the magnolia and when |I
did the snowdrops were well up and have been in flower (just)
for about a week.

Surprise yesterday when we walked along the river in the frosty
sunshine, there were daffodils well out in flower - although
only one or two in each clump, which I thought was a bit odd.

--
Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

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