On 2014-02-09 11:48:31 +0000, David Hill said:

Well for now it looks as if the worst of the wind is over.
Here at the side of Swansea Bay we had 26 hours with the wind gusting
to 60 mph or more, of that 18 hours were gusting to over 70mph, but
with that came just 0.6 inches of rain so I suppose we were lucky,
though there is water running everywhere.
Here everything is still standing, just the ground littered with twigs;
mostly dead wood; that the gale removed, and my first daffs are still
upright, I checked the variety and they are Rijnveld's early sensation,
and are about 3 weeks ahead of the next earliest.
The first Camellia buds are just showing signs of red but a time away
from flowering.
Hope everyone else got away lightly.
David

We've had a terrific but short burst of hail, some strong wind, some
milder wind, some sun and some rain. Camellia Takanini is flowering as
is C. Cherub, the Chaenomeles on the house wall and plenty of snowdrops
and daffodils. The fishtail Camellia is showing some colour and the
Loniceras maackii and tatarica are showing leaf buds just coming on.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon