As you can see, the plants in the back garden are vivid green, healthy
and thriving. They are, however, considerably shielded from the wind.
The plants in the front garden, however, are showing problems,
especially the one on the end, which is almost completely dead. The
others have brown areas on the branches that haven't fallen off yet,
and the general impression is that they are all to a greater or lesser
extent rather sickly. These plants are open to the very severe winds
(strong as well as cold) that we have had to endure in the Fens since
Christmas.

You already said it. That vicious easterly wind you get down there. We only
get the vicious south westerlies. (Wirral).
DaveK.