Gardening

[Yorkie]

I'm sure Hugo will answer but I would put it down the very severe Winter we had.  Many, many plants have suffered including lots that we would normally see survive a normal Winter.   C'est la vie!   

[Hugo]

I'm afraid that I know little about plants but do enjoy gardening. Clematis can suddenly die but I don't know what causes them to die except for my own Clematis that was growing up the Dovecote and died this year.
That was caused by my dog Marco chewing the stem!     
Yorkie could be correct with the weather killing some plants and shrubs because I lost a few this Winter including an Australia Tree Fern. That was my fault though because I forgot to protect them and didn't cover them until it was too late.

[Merddin Emrys]

We have clematis growing where we did not expect (we only moved here in July last year) all are doing well, I do know that you have to plant them deeper than other plants as you can get 'clematis wilt' where it appears to die but can regrow later from below. Also the roots need to be shaded by stones, Montanas seem to be very tough, we had an enormous one back in Oxfordshire.
We lost a hebe in the frosts and the fuchsias all died back, we just cut off the dead branches and its regrown very well  D)

[hollins]

Thanks all for your advice.
I need advice on posting now!
I have just tried to post 2 photos of the clematis that we have lost but I am getting this message.

The upload folder is full. Please try a smaller file and/or contact an administrator.

I have resized the photos the same way as others I have posted before.
Help please!

[Trojan]

I have just tried to post 2 photos of the clematis that we have lost but I am getting this message.

The upload folder is full. Please try a smaller file and/or contact an administrator.

The same thing happened to me earlier.

This is the thread for problems: http://threetownsforum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6.0

[Yorkie]

There is a limit to the amount of pictures per page and with many running at 3 per post it soon gets filled up.   

[Bellringer]

We have had one or two casualties which we have put down to the extreme winter weather. On the left of this picture is a pittosporum which has in the last few weeks shown extreme signs of dying, while beside it on the right and looking OK is a canary bird rose.

I thought a suitable caption might be "The living and the dead" but would welcome other suggestions.

[hollins]

These are two of our casualties. We only have the photos of these now. 

[Trojan]

Can anyone identify these large plants?

[DaveR]

Good book, that. John Wyndham's finest hour. I remember watching the tv series when i was in school.

[Trojan]

Good book, that. John Wyndham's finest hour. I remember watching the tv series when i was in school.

  Very good!

[Hugo]

Bridgemere Garden Centre by Nantwich

[DaveR]

If only Happy Valley looked like those last two photos! 

[Trojan]

The last pic looks like Cheshire's "Granny's Armchair" Hugo. 

[Hugo]

The Poppies are only just starting to come out, but they don't last very long with this heavy rain and this big fella running through them.