Catastrophe!

Oh Spritz, I am sorry about your lovely tamarix. Are you sure it wont recover? Our back fence is wobbling - I shall have to persuade OH to do something about it tomorrow. Our birds are stripping the pyracantha berries, they sit in rows!
Poor birds - they are having a bad time. No fieldfares yet. I hope those bully boys dont arrive this year.

0000000 dear sorry bt that ... and its was so pretty 2.
i was wanting one of these but all the ones i seen have bin a bi spinderly . i dont no how fast they grow !!! hope u sort it ;o(((

Shame about your Tamarix getting blown over like that in the wind. :-((

A couple of years before returning to the UK, 9 years ago, the local council in the city where we used to live in Spain planted 100s of these. I haven't seen them the few times I've been back since then but then I haven't been to that part of the city.

oh dear Spritz....but i woldnt give up on the tamarix....i chop mine down every couple of years and it regrows from the bottom...so fingers crossed...

Oh I do hope your tamarix recovers....the wind does do a lot of damage. It made a beautiful display in bloom. The winter weather is not being kind to our gardens! I've lost the hydrangea I bought in September....the frost and wind must have got to it...it got black spots on a few leaves and the next day it was all black and wilted :(

Thanks for the sympathy, folks!

Not necessarily, Whlass, they do drop their leaves, after all.

Sandra - thanks, but I can see the base of the trunk and I'm pretty sure it's had it. I will keep an eye on it to see if it grows new shoots - but I wouldn't lay money on it. :-((

That is sad Barbara, they are such beauties in flower, I haven't had a look at mine, though it will be laiden with snow, we had 8inches last night and its going to be -8 tonight.

oh no barbara so sorry, can the tamarix not be saved, was so pretty,hope it grows new shoots, we lost our fence, well some of it but will replace it all as rotting a bit, but up to now plants seem ok, good luck barbara.

Sorry about that tamarix! Your garden still looks lovely....

what a shame it looked so nice.

So sorry to see that.

Fingers xx for you Spritz, as has been said it might be ok....

Oh I'm so sorry about your Tamarix Spritz. Did it snap off or did it pull out the roots too? Like others have said, it will resprount from the bottom depending on how damaged it is.
Luckily, tamarix are fairly fast growers so hopefully you won't have long to wait before you have a lovely new tree.

thats a shame, you could try to root some of the thinner stems though, you never know they may stay happy until spring then take off. worth a try.

cant tell whats what in mine, we had another 4" of the white stuff dumped on the 18" we have already gathered.
i can seen the Acuba, Mahonia & bay are bent down. Spring seems a long way away at the moment.

I haven't investigated the roots, but I think the trunk has pulled out of the ground from below the soil level, and probably snapped off there - some of the roots may well be left in the soil. Until I heave it off the border, I shan't really know.

I do agree, Sbg - far too long! You really are getting a lot of s**w up there, aren't you!

I was given a cutting this year (I thought it had died the other day as its gone brown so thats a relief!) but could you take any hardwoods from it?

just looked in 'complete book of plant propagation' and it reccomends taking hardwood cuttings late autumn or early winter either in a cold frame or outdoors ( doesn't suggest any other form of propagation)

So sorry about the wind damage, we have had no snow here either, and not strong winds but very cold ones.

Sorry to hear of your disaster Barbara. What a shock you must have had :o( I hope it hasn't damaged the things growing under it.
Nice to see your Hebe flowering through it all .
We haven't had strong winds here - and only a few cms of snow (which has mostly gone now anyway), but it has been very cold.

wish ours had gone Hywel-- I have hopes for tomorrow, may even get to +1 deg

It's drizzling now :o)) and much milder aswell ........ I hope the milder weather spreads up to you Pam.

Yes - our forecast said we should get above zero too! That'll make a change. :-)

I went out and tried to shift the Tamarix this afternoon, but I couldn't even budge it, let alone drag it off the border, so it'll have to wait until OH can come and assist. We think it'll have to be cut up first, but I'll try to get some cuttings off it.

It looks so awful out there - sad, too. :-(

Oh no Barbara , what a shame ,your beautiful Tamarix I bought a new one this year it's only a metre tall , I will have to remember that they can be vulnerable to the winds when it's taller ... .....

This one was staked, too - and the stake has broken. :-((

Oh dear that is a shame to lose such an established tree, because they are not fast growing, ours is only 15 ins and it has taken ages to get that big. Winter casualties again.

I've been a-googling to see who might sell a more mature specimen, but no luck yet. I'll have to look in the RHS Plantfinder.

Good idea, I have to admit have never seen a mature one for sale, so good luck.

Only just seen this blog - quite surprised to read your comment, Dottydaisy - Tamarix is known as a rapid grower right from the start, which is why its recommended to prune back every year, so I can't understand why yours should be so slow, very odd. It's a plant I use, along with Buddleia, when I want some rapid height in a garden, (always assuming the conditions are appropriate).

I've only found plants in 3 litre pots so far, so I think that will have to do, unless I do some more research in the spring.

I do hope it does grow fast, Bamboo - I'll have a great big gap in my top border without it!

Just found this B. Shame about the Tamarix....well, if you like Tamarix that is! ;) I thought they were a plant you grow specifically in windy sites.....I hope it re-grows for you! Lovely to see some pretty flowers still blooming in your snow-free zone!! Lucky you.....(K goes slighty green). x

Perhaps it does not like our soil.......I can assure you Balcony this is one very slow Tamarix, perhaps it needs a move?

I don't think I've ever heard of a slow growing Tamarix...maybe it's just lazy!?
We have a mature one in a 15 gallon pot at work Spritz...shall I pack it up and send it to you???? Or maybe I could just send it along with Santa when he visits!

Karen, after the two hoar frosts we had, the flowers got frozen solid, so you can stop being green now. :-(( The whole garden went black and white - I took photos because there was no colour at all, even the sky was white.

Yes, please Gilli! I'm sure Santa could pop that on the back of his sleigh for me. :-)))

I suspect you meant to say Bamboo and not Balcony, Dottydaisy, in your response above. Yes, it does seem likely that it doesn't like its growing situation and conditions, or you have a dodgy plant there...

What a shame Spritz, I always thought tamarix could withstand all our weather could throw at it:-(

I know - but its time obviously came. No use being upset, is there?

Nah, plenty more erm... tamarix in the...erm...sea? Hope this comforts you Spritz:-))

Shall I be honest, Ba?

Nope. However, I shall be searching for a good'un come the spring! I might feel better about it then. ;-)

There may be a new one by then Spritz, tough as old boots and fabulously floriferous for 6 months:-)

:-))))) Yes please!

Let me know if you find one, I'd like one of those too:-)

We could go into business, Ba - we'd make a fortune! :-))))

Whilst I appreciate your entrepreneurial enthusiasm Spritz...we haven't found one yet lol. As Mrs Beaton famously said "first get your tree":-))

Errr....did she? I thought it was "First catch your tree", Ba...get your net out ready! ;-)

I stand corrected:-) Somewhere in the dim and distant past (Somerset blog) I seem to remember we were all given nets to catch sheep or was it cows? Do you still have them Spritz? probably the ideal size I should think, 'though we may have to lengthen the poles:-)

Nope - nobody gave me one! So it's over to you - I could do the marketing, though, once you've mastered the tree-catching. :-))