On 18/11/05 6:19, in article ,
"Dave Poole" wrote:

Well, despite dire warnings from Weatheronline, the reality was a +3C
minimum and not the minus 3C predicted. That's quite a variance!
Down on the harbourside a mile away, it fell to 0C as with the night
before, but rose a couple of degrees.after midnight. Weatheronline
takes its data for this area from Exeter airport which is over 20
miles away. Considering the south Devon topography creates so many
different climates, its forecasts need to be taken with a very large
pinch of salt.

Ain't that the truth! We woke up to quite a lot of white here and there
yesterday morning - some plants, some lawns, garden furniture etc. and so
on. But looking across the lane and less than a mile away to a
neighbouring farm, it was absolutely and totally covered in frost.

So, the New Guinea Impatiens scattered between the banana clumps get
to live another day and the late flowers on Cannas, white Nerines, red
Passiflora etc.will continue to open in the crisp bright sunshine.
Even better is that yet another leaf on a very choice species of
Trachycarpus from Nepal (T. martianus), suddenly 'popped' open
yesterday. This has near perfectly circular 'fans' 3 feet across,
glossy bright green above and when young, clothed in silky white hairs
below.

You'll be picking oranges on Christmas Day again!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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