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Discussion id : 107-489
most recent 24 JAN 18 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 18 JAN 18 by Jay-Jay
Will the Tea's survive this winter? I notice snow in Texas...
I heard, that it is exceptionally cold in some parts of the USA.
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Reply #1 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Andrew from Dolton
Did you have the storms Jay-Jay?
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Reply #2 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Jay-Jay
Yup! and our Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler is no more!
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Reply #3 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Andrew from Dolton
I think it might send up suckers again from the roots.
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Reply #4 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Jay-Jay
It's completely squashed, part of the fence and part of William Lob too.
It was not on own root, but grafted. I have a new-one.A left-over from those I made for other people as a gift.
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Reply #5 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Andrew from Dolton
And your apple trees are damaged too.
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Reply #6 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Jay-Jay
Apple-, pear- and Plum-tree. Two big Rhododendron bushes are minimized from 2 m to 15 cm.
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Reply #7 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Andrew from Dolton
I'm sorry to hear that. If you have a log fire you'll have plenty of fuel.
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Reply #8 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Jay-Jay
It wasn't my tree, but it was from the City. They visited me and will pay a compensation, for the damage.
But it will take quite a few years for P.H.M.R. to regrow!
That part of the fence has to be replaced.
Tomorrow, or after the weekend, a team of workers from the city will come to saw the tree in pieces and to transport it elsewhere, together with the rose and the Hedera helix/arborescens.
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Reply #9 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Andrew from Dolton
How does one value a fully grown 'Paul's Himalayan Musk Rambler'? I really like the arborescent forms of Hedra helix, I'm partial to anything that flowers in November.
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Reply #10 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Jay-Jay
It got that big on the tree-stump, so it really buzzed with bees last fall.
2 big Rhododendrons to replace cost a fortune!
It was good, that the tree had no crown, for else the house would have been badly damaged.
At least no other casualties than of the local flora. No person was hurt over here. But in the Netherlands some casualties and two fatalities.
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Reply #11 of 15 posted 18 JAN 18 by Andrew from Dolton
They showed it on the news, it looked quite bad.
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Reply #12 of 15 posted 19 JAN 18 by Margaret Furness
That's bad luck Jay-Jay, But you're doing the right thing, being grateful it wasn't worse, and starting again.
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Reply #13 of 15 posted 24 JAN 18 by Jay-Jay
Take a look at my journal for that rose today.
The garden is looking good again:
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Reply #14 of 15 posted 24 JAN 18 by Andrew from Dolton
Who had all the logs?
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Reply #15 of 15 posted 24 JAN 18 by Jay-Jay
A friend(female). For the wood-burner.
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