Calling for high winds and hail.... Rat dogs!!!! My yard is full of blooms and buds. I took some pictures just in case. Here they are. This is my walk way to the house from the pool. I had to move the brugs here today as our temps were 90 with FULL sun. It's been over cast for days and I didn't want the blooms to fry.
Kyle's Pink.... I'm going to toss EP and keep this one. It's been in bloom since spring. EP doesn't bloom as much for me. All these buds just opened tonight and they are still white.
Kell's Giant Yella and a seedling by the pool...
The patio area from my front porch... Ignore the mess.
kristi...we hade 4 inches of rain in two hours last night with 50 MPH winds..I thought for sure all my brugs were toast even Clare Mills as its a tall tree with tons of flowers on it..but YEA! No damage other than torn leaves on the nanas. :-) Hope yours make out alright!
You sure have some beauties. Keeping everything crossed for you, hoping for no damage!
Keep us posted, hope your computer doesn't go down.
Great pictures Kristi. You are probably getting what we had yesterday. It was heavy rain and damaging winds with hail in some places. We had tornadoes in the state too. I lost the top out of one brug and a 4 ft. basal from another, but the thing I hate most is that the soil was saturated when the winds blew and the brugs are all leaning now. It pulled them a bit out of the ground. The will be okay, but seedlings I'm keeping will have to be re-potted and deeper to not show the bend in the trunk. I hope like heck it misses you. Many brugs in pots blew over, but they really didn't have damage. Just stay safe. You and your family are more important to us all than any plants.
Well, it rained all around us, but did we get a drop? Noooo.
Kristi, I hope your plants don't get much damage. Your gardens are so pretty.
someone pinch me.... beautifully maintained yard Kristi...
Hoping the storm doesn't do any damage!
Thanks Kyle! Glad you didn't suffer any damage.
Thank you Gloria I will.
Boy it sure does sound like you had some very scary weather Shirley. Sorry you had damage. Any damage is too much this time of the year. I hate to hear your going to have to repot. I'm half temepted to put a couple of them in the garage. Too bad hubby isn't around tonight, I'd use him as a pack mule LOL.... I'll keep you all updated.
WOW,Makes me wish I had jumped on a plane!!
I hope you don't get hit too hard,your place looks great!!
Kristi, your yard is stunning. What mess?
Everything looks beautiful, Kristi! What mess? I'll keep my fingers crossed that the wind & hail skip your house. We wait so long for flowers, I want them to last as long as possible!
No rain Susie? Just your area? I thought Texas was getting lots of rain... Sounds like my mom's area in Kentucky, we joke (she scrams and rants LOL)the rain stops at her county line.
Thanks MzMunchkin and Root... Root I could have used you right about now.
Oh Kristi, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you, your garden is so pretty!
Kristi, you and all those around you are in the prayers of many that you don't suffer damage.
Prayers to ya Datdog...hoping it goes around your beautiful yard and alll those lovely blooms.
MsC
I sure hope you did not get any bad storms. Based on what I've seen with 'Cypress Gardens', a strong wind can completely flip over those long, versicolor-type flowers and cause some damage. And even small hail is devastating to just about any plant with large leaves or flowers.
LOL Kristi, you got your tiitle right in more ways than one!
I just love your yard so much. All these brugs flowering must be a sight esp in NJ! Do your friends all comment in awe?
Pls post a pic of Kyle's pink when it turns pink.....I am chanting for the strom to go away!
You have got to clear it up for me, Kristi! I am flying in Monday for a month!
Datdog... here's a possibly dumb suggestion...but at least I'm thinking of you :)... wonder if placing large plastic garbage bags over the brugs maybe stuffed with newspaper or tissue paper would help to keep the wind and rain from tearing those beautiful blooms up? You proable couldn't do them all but maybe a few???
Well I'm think of you...prayers.
MsC
Kristi, your yard is so gorgeouis. What is the name of the large green hosta and the ground cover right in front of it? Everything goes together so well.
I hope it is calm there this morning,let us know how you faired when you can,
MsC,I would be afriad a bag would act like sail in the wind.
Oh Kristi! Your yard is JUST beautiful! I also am hoping for the best there in your town.
I think that your idea is a great one for some plants Lottie, but I would have trouble finding a bag that would fit most of my brugs. I'll keep that in mind for some smaller plants in huge containers though, especially around frost time here. Maybe I'll be able to squeek out a few more weeks of autumn and color. It isn't pretty when it all turns brown and limp.
Kristi, I sure hope everything is okay this morning.
Thank you everyone for all your well wishes and kind words it worked! We just had a little bit of wind and hardly any rain/no hail.... YEAH!!!! I will get to see blooms after all...
(((hugs))) to you all... Kristi
Great news Kristi. I'm glad everyone is safe, including the flowers. Have a great day.
Lovely gardens Kristi, and boy you're a master at edging beds.
Great news Kristi! I am glad, that the bad weather has passed.
Your garden looks wonderful!!! What a nice place to be!!!
What mess were you talking about? I didnt see any.
Wonderful, Kristi! I got lucky a few weeks ago, too. Some places near me had golf ball sized hail, & I didn't get any!
Kristi, you have a beautiful place! Enjoyed the pictures.
Such good news about the bad weather. Everything looks manicured to perfection.....just beautiful!
Beautiful yard, Kristi.
