Several of my trees have collapsed under the weight of snow - and it's still snowing!
Half of this koromiko Hebe salicifolia has sprawled across the rhubarb bed and will need to be turned into firewood to fuel our outdoor firebath (we won't be using that for a while!)
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Go on Robert - haver a fire-bath in the snow!
Seriously though, it looks as though the novelty value of yesterday's storm has long worn off; hope you're not too badly affected. There are a lot of slips and road closures up this way, and I suspect that erosion is going to be a major in the back country over the next few months; the ground is saturated.
It's really coming down now Invent!
I'm stuck inside watching Hide struggle like a speared fish on Q&A.
It's going to be very soggy once the thaw sets in.
From winter near-drought to saturation!
The climate seems very unstable these days!
Quite a few parks have danger tape as branches littered the paths and also lanes close by till they were moved
Noooooo!! not the Hebe!
We lost a very nice Hebe Eliptica right in front of our house, I will miss the fragrance this November.
Not sure what happened, it just karked it!!
I think H.eliptica grows down your way as well doesn't it Robert?
Hey Shunda - yep, eliptica loves the coast, all maritime it is!
Did you take cutings from yours? They propagate easily in sand.
Your aborists-eye probably picked that my hebe has some rot between the two trunks and so was a sitter for snow damage. I have dozens of them so it's no biggie.
The weather, btw, has worsened - lashing sleet, thunder and lightening, strong winds, misery all round, especially for the lambs, which are dying in droves - worst ever the Feds are saying. Truckloads of bobby calves, all sodden, being driven to who knows where (don't think aout it).
Ah Spring! All pretty in your floral dress etc.
It'll pass sooner than they get the new stadium up though.
We are still being promised a warmer than usual spring and drier too. I'm storing this snow in my watertank for that.
How's business on the Coast?
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