Some notes on hardiness
An update on today and some observations for future reference:- Gladiolus calianthus (Acidanthera)- no sign of frost damage in shade tunnel, but plainly frost bitten under the bell cloche (I left the top vent open).
- Thalictrum delaveyi seedlings are hardy as anything - pricked them out today as they are growing strongly despite the cold.
- Freesia laxa and Dierama seedlings also happy.
- Pelargoniums in cold frame look nipped - moved them into polytunnel.
- Chocolate cosmos in shade tunnel looks frost bitten, but the cuttings under a cloche in the polytunnel are fine.
- Geranium 'Ann Folkard' seems to be thriving despite the cold, with fresh young shoots the colour of forced rhubarb. Maybe it's enjoying the extra light now that the birch is bare.
Also sowed another set of Meconopsis seeds - they've been in the fridge so I've put the pot in the polytunnel. Just one seedling so far from the second batch I sowed.
Collected some cyclamen seeds from under the winter cherry. Some had germinated, see below. Transplanted them to pots to save them from accidentally being weeded up.
posted by Sue Beesley @ 3:28 pm
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