STILL HAUNTED BY THE WEATHER!

Hello, here we are a couple of weeks on from the snow and frost - and many of the shrubs are only now showing signs of weather damage.

The evergreen Viburnums seem particularly badly affected - their flower buds are all bent over and still twisted from the heavy snow and frost that settled on them. Many of the soft growths on evergreen shrubs have gone brown - this is normal - and it will soon regrow in spring. The best thing is just to nip the tips off back into the slightly older wood - and the shrub will look much better.

Conifers are a bit mishapen where heavy snow has weighed them down - a bit of wire carefully placed around them will pull them back into shape - and they will then set to that shape in summer.

It just goes to show that we have enjoyed so many mild winters - that our plants - and us - were caught rather on the hop!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD