On 2014-02-14 12:46:11 +0000, Martin said:

On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:06:52 +0000, Sacha wrote:

On 2014-02-12 23:13:40 +0000, David Hill said:

On 12/02/2014 22:58, Sacha wrote:
On 2014-02-12 15:10:45 +0000, Derek Turner said:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:39:54 +0000, David Hill wrote:

And so far I have had a 60ft variegated leylandii snip blown down,

You say that like it's a bad thing.

It is if it's forming a shelter belt. David has a Dahlia nursery.


Well it solves one problem, I have been trying to think where I could
plant a Thujopsis dolobrata 'Variegata' that has overgrown it's pot and
is over 7ft tall, had wondered how to get it down to Devon, but I do
have a smaller one that could make the journey

Smiling happily!

"Mum" is at Duffrin gardens and is a magnificent tree over 50 ft tall,
but won,t make the wind break that the leylandii was.
It also had great colour.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...psd729713b.jpg


I must say with the 2 down they do look like a couple of the jumps at Aintree
David


It looks exactly like that! You could have a sideline in steepchasing.
I'm x-ing fingers as I say this but apart from the odd small branch,
we've had no real damage here at all. How we escaped it with last
week's winds I don't know. And my daughter, who lives near Bridgwater,
tells me they've got howling gales and persistent rain today. We've
just got the persisting bit, so far.

No wind or rain at the moment. The next lot is due in a couple of hours.
http://www.buienradar.nl/verwachting-3-uur

I hope it keeps away from us! We had no power from midnight last night
until about 2pm today. Thank heaven for the Aga and an open fireplace
here and there! But 7 panes of glass were sucked out of the
conservatory type greenhouse, otherwise so far, so good.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk