On the 18th October we had hail like we have not had for a lot of, a few years. Thankfully it was solely small hail and none of our home windows have been smashed which was simply in addition to it was hitting the home windows on the western facet actually laborious. The surface partitions have been coated in pecan nut tree leaves which my hubby hosed off after the storm and we did not discover till the subsequent day the harm that had been executed within the backyard.
The worst hit vegetation have been the bromeliads. Only a few escaped unscathed. The brom within the photograph above was a really costly one which my hubby purchased on the latest Carnival of Flowers…
…and it used to appear to be this.
This was one other of the costly ones …..
…which appeared like this after we purchased it.
This was my indoor plant which I put exterior to get ‘just a little little bit of rain’. Massive mistake!
The Hippiastrums took a direct hit however ought to bounce again like plenty of the vegetation will I hope. They’ve survived each a extreme frost and a hail storm up to now couple of months.
I do not know why however the Hollyhocks escaped harm aside from a number of leaves. They’re trying completely lovely for the time being though solely the pink ones have flowered this 12 months. I purchased some black Hollyhock seeds on eBay however none of them have come up. Maybe subsequent 12 months.
I additionally purchased some black Poppy seeds on eBay and this one was simply beginning to flower earlier than the entire plant was wrecked by the hail and wind. They’re truly a darkish purple and fairly fairly. In order that was our pleasure for the 12 months and I hope we haven’t any extra extreme climate occasions any time quickly.
Have an excellent weekend everybody!
