Greetings from the deep freeze
I think winter has arrived. It is sunny today but cold! Last night saw temperatures in the mid 20s and tonight it could go down to 20. Yesterday was one of the windiest days I can recall. I was driving around town doing errands and I felt certain that the wind was going to blow my truck off the road. Leaves and limbs were flying everywhere. Have you ever been struck by flying debris in a Target parking lot? It can happen! Surveying the garden today, I found limbs and overturned chairs -
I should have dismantled the urn fountain weeks ago but the birds have been enjoying it so much in the mornings that I hated to take it from them. I'm not sure how cold it has to be for running water to freeze but I didn't want to take a chance for last night's freeze to harm the urn or the pump.
Time for a clean-up job (does anyone have any tips for removing the algae gunk?) and storage. Until next spring -
Some roses are refusing to give up the fight. "Mrs. B.R. Cant" is loaded with buds at the moment -
As is "Nearly Wild" -
The ornamental grasses can be very attractive in the winter -
The hydrangeas don't look too happy though -
Remember the gorgeous camellia I showed you a few days ago? Today it doesn't look too hot -
However, the camellia "Pink Icicle" doesn't seem phased -
Comments
Ann
Pink icicles is a gorgeous camillia. Well named since it lived through such a freeze. That wind was amazing yesterday here too. Scary even. I am glad you didn't have any bad damage.
'Pink Icicle' is so pretty! At least you have a little color to enjoy.
It's set to turn cold over west europe this coming week after an exceptionally mild autumn and start to winter.
Your Cameillias are so lovely, I hope the cold doesn't ruin all their flowers. I sympathize with you about the stupid aphid mess. That black sooty crud damaged my roof shingles after dripping off my Magnolia.
Pink Ice camellia is beautiful. So are your roses...I hope they are all fine after this extraordinarily cold weather. gail
And they're predicting an El Nino winter this year. I'm still waiting for global warming to visit Chicago :-)
That is a beautiful container and it's good you're protecting it from freezing! I doubt the pump would be a problem though - the water is not going to freeze solid when it's being constantly circulated like that. We're not turning off our little fish pond's pump this winter.
Anyway, love the brilliant pink of that last camellia!
Stay warm!
Marnie
Grace, it is not really that cold for us but we normally have our coldest temperatures in Jan. and Feb. This seems early.
Gail, the run sits on rocks in a tub under the ground. A screen also holds the rock around it.
I like Gary's option the best, but perhaps vinegar would do? I'd soak afterwards. We've put vinegar in a spray bottle to kill moss etc. on the fence...