"Barry & Iris McCanna" wrote in
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"sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
We had quite a bit of frost last night (Sat/Sun 4/5 Jan) The grass
was very
white this morning at the front of the house and at the time of
writing
which is 1250, it still. Brrrrrrr!
How's everyone else doing - no damage done, I hope?
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk


After a -5 frost last night I've just taken a turn round to look for
any damage. Was amazed to find that Helleborus foetidus "Wester
Flisk" is completely black and has keeled over. Yesterday it was
flowering and looking beautiful. This has never happened to it before
and I always considered it to be very hardy. All the other hellebores
look fine. What a shock! I'll have to wait and see whether it comes
again later.

Alas!

Whereas my pratia pedunculata, sold to me as 'hardy in a warm spot' and
therefore with a backup pot saved safely in the greenhouse, is currently
florishing on the pond edge, encased in about 2 inches of solid ice.

It's been frozen solid several times now, so I think I can safely ignore
the 'may be tender' description...

Victoria