It was sunshining here in West Yorkshire on the
1st January 2013 and I posted an article about some of the survivors in my garden and what was beginning to grow. I might have spoken too soon but I think not. At least the Dryopteris filix-mas 'Euxinensis' (apparently the label is wrong, it is filix and not felix) has survived outside in its cosy corner at the side of the kitchen sink drain with a plastic garden dome over it for added protection. Even the pot it is in was put inside two other pots for triple insulation of its roots. This particular fern is supposed to be H4 hardy but I was taking no chances.
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| Dryopteris filix-mas 'Euxinensis' |
The poor pots of ivies that I thought were hardy and which I gave hardly any protection except the little shelter provided by having them on my outside kitchen window ledge, close to the glass, have taken a battering by the icy weather and snow as you can see in the image below. Check the above 1st January 2013 link for comparison. However, a little pruning and they will recover, I am sure.
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| Ivy 'burned' by sub-zero temperatures, snow, ice, and wind. |
