I’ve checked the government website archive for rainfall for the three months of June, July and August 2023 for the the whole of England. It showed there was 22% more rain than usual. June was drier than normal but the next two months more than compensated for it. I think the reality is we have absolutely no idea what weather is coming.
th-cam.com/video/Pvf4pBG71YA/w-d-xo.html - we actually did a video on rainfall as Rosy tracked daily all of last year for our local area. May into June was a sustained period of drought as was the beginning of September. There was also the issue of dry patches that were followed by massive amounts of rain. That rain was falling onto dry ground and the water runs off
@@RosyHardyGardening Hi. And I looked for the same three month period for 2022, and for the whole of England it was only 54% of the usual rainfall. There were regional variations, but all were low. Only half the rate!
It’s about being prepared for and adapting to all eventualities and planting with your microclimates too. I found this video really helpful, thanks Rosy. Wonder what you think about those Mediterranean plants bred in an English climate like Hidcote - does their genetic intolerance of excessive wet still make it an uphill battle or can we breed Mediterranean plants that tolerate our changeable climate? Also, I guess we can grow whatever we like in containers as they can then be moved to more friendly conditions as needed…
Great information! I'm in the Northwestern United States and have the same maritime cold wet winters and hot dry summers. I very rarely find a TH-camr from the States that has the same weather. It's so nice to find British folks who I can relate to.
Great advice, as usual, Rosy. Thank you! Giving the herbaceous perennials a rest mid summer also means less gardening in the hottest part of the year. I wouldn't mind that!
Camas is a lovely Pacific Northwest native wildflower that needs wet winters and then goes dormant in summer. Their bulbs can rot if it’s too wet in summer. They’re ideal for the type of weather you’re describing. Evergreen huckleberry is a great shrub for those same conditions. It produces loads of little blueberries in late summer that the birds go absolutely crazy for
I’ve found that roses, salvia caradonna, hemerocallis, verbena bonariensis and rigida, most geraniums and Geums all perform well. To those I add in Salvias in the summer. Gone are the phlox, delphiniums and lilies.
A characteristic of the Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) is winter rain and a dry summer. Naples and Dubrovnik get 1000mm or precipitation annually, mostly in the winter, as much as Plymouth.
We here in New York are having this exact same weather pattern that you talk about. I have had to change my gardening choices over the past 4o years, for sure.
Thanks for sharing your mother’s experience with weeding in Yorkshire 💚 I’d never thought how breaking the soil to dig a dandelion would affect the moisture level. Appreciate all of your good advice!
Thank you for the informative video. After the drought of 2006, I filled my new garden with Mediterranean drought tolerant plants. They did not survive the wet winters or heavy clay soil. Now I'm inspired to try Alpines!
I’m from The Netherlands, and this video is very useful. Still too much emphasis over here on plants being hardy instead of winterwet tolerant. People been going crazy over lavender ‘because warmer climate’ only to find out they never survive the autumn/winter rain. Interesting times indeed.
This was again a very informative, instructive video. We actually have to adapt our view of gardening to the changing climate. We now have very hot dry summers here in southern Germany. Thank you very much for the interesting video.
The past few summers here jn Tuscany have been too hot even to go out and sit in the garden! I don't water, and my garden in summer is usually dull (long live pelargoniums and petunias in containers!), but spring is glorious, and autumn too once temperatures drop again below 30°c. Thanks for some great tips again that I will try out this year.
Thanjs for these ideas Rosy. I'm in northern Italy but lots of things you've said I will really reflect on especially watering for trees and shrubs. I'd love to have Baptisia too.
Thank Rosy for all your videos and knowledge. Can you share a video on how you sterilised your tools when you are pruning a lot of roses so not to pass on plant disease. Many thanks 💜
Having clay soil, wet winters and dry summers near Paris, I had to experiments with plants. Luckily, we have a community garden where some mounds were constructed at the beginning. So on those mounds, I can grow plants that need good drainage. But on level soil, it gets a bit waterlogged in winter. So for those, you need tough plants. For that, I either go to plants that naturally grow in dry climates but can handle the wet winters, or plants from wet areas that can tolerate some dry conditions by simply not growing tall. For the first category, you have many achilleas, like achillea filipendulina or millefolium that will tolerate those conditions. Achillea Ptarmica are made for wet soils, so will do fine there but not on the mounds. In the second category, you have stuff like lysimachia ephemerum, which is a gorgeous plant. Most asters prefer moist soils in summer, but will not die in case of drought, just go dormant and come back. I've had asters that only now have reached adult size, 5 years after being planted, in the driest areas of the garden. It seems to work the same for veronicastrum and eupatorium maculatum. But I have clay soil, so as long as the plants have deep roots, they're fine in a drought. It would be a whole other story in sandy soil. Oh, and of course euphorbias just grow anywhere. I haven't mentioned them, coz their look isn't my cup of tea.
Thank you Rosy. I wonder if gardeners should consider using rain barrels or other water collection devices more frequently to prevent water runoff and to store the excess water for the dryer times of the year.
I plan on putting in several waterbutts, but watering with cans has shown me just how much water it takes. To have enough for a very small garden, is 500l a time.
Thank you Rosy. This is really helpful. I moved to South Wales two years ago Last summer, it started raining at the end of June and hasn't really stopped since! My garden is elevated rather than valley bottom but there are still many plants where the roots are dying off in the soggy conditions. Even some painted ferns turned their toes up! I'm adding nutrients and compost, but finding plants to suit the conditions is proving interesting. I'm definitely going to have to take cuttings of more things like salvias and pinks which will cope with winter cold but only if dry.
Thank you very much, that was a treasure trove of information! My experience with Hylotelephiums specifically was that they became unusually sickly in drought (North East England).
Very interesting, as always. We live in the center of France and the last 5 summers were very dry from april we had almost no rain and very warm (hot) weather. I plantend a lot of Salvia, Buddlea, Knautia and Roses. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Great video Rosy thanks for that. I’m in Yorkshire and I’m currently rejigging my garden to make it level and more user friendly. I’ve bought a few plants from you over the years which have been incredible. I’ve notice when I’ve dug some of the plants up to store while the garden is completed I’ve got a lot of what I thought were geums, however when I scan it with my plant app it’s saying they are wood avens. Can you tell me if this is invasive/a weed as I cannot remember buying these and there’s loads of them. Thanks Deb
There is a native Geum that can occasionally take over in a garden as it self seeds. Sometimes difficult to totally tell the difference from your planted Geum rivals in leaf. Best to flower them all and destroy the unwanted ones before they seed.
My garden is constantly flooded in winter. I dug a soak away in and that has helped to relieve the standing water but after digging down this week I found I may as well have started digging a well. At the moment the borders have been stripped apart from 2 new apple trees, 3 hydrangea and 15 new cornus dog wood plants. I've recently ordered a mixed flowering hedge pack with guelder rose, dog rose, flowering currant and they're going in this week. Next I've really got to decide what perennials to put in to survive this wet/dry conditions.
Hope everyone is enjoying this video :)
If you are looking for the names or zone information on some of these plants it is in the description
Very much like the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. Our summers have changed, spring seems wetter than ever. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Just thinking how this sounded like me on Vancouver island. Hello neighbour(ish) 😅
This is really similar to the weather in the Pacific Northwest too. This was very helpful!
I now know whose flora to get inspiration from.
I’ve checked the government website archive for rainfall for the three months of June, July and August 2023 for the the whole of England. It showed there was 22% more rain than usual. June was drier than normal but the next two months more than compensated for it. I think the reality is we have absolutely no idea what weather is coming.
th-cam.com/video/Pvf4pBG71YA/w-d-xo.html - we actually did a video on rainfall as Rosy tracked daily all of last year for our local area. May into June was a sustained period of drought as was the beginning of September. There was also the issue of dry patches that were followed by massive amounts of rain. That rain was falling onto dry ground and the water runs off
@@RosyHardyGardening
Hi. And I looked for the same three month period for 2022, and for the whole of England it was only 54% of the usual rainfall. There were regional variations, but all were low. Only half the rate!
It was the very same in Ireland and this Spring has been very wet too.
It’s about being prepared for and adapting to all eventualities and planting with your microclimates too. I found this video really helpful, thanks Rosy. Wonder what you think about those Mediterranean plants bred in an English climate like Hidcote - does their genetic intolerance of excessive wet still make it an uphill battle or can we breed Mediterranean plants that tolerate our changeable climate? Also, I guess we can grow whatever we like in containers as they can then be moved to more friendly conditions as needed…
At last someone real who talks about gardens beyond the south. 👍
Great information! I'm in the Northwestern United States and have the same maritime cold wet winters and hot dry summers. I very rarely find a TH-camr from the States that has the same weather. It's so nice to find British folks who I can relate to.
Great advice, as usual, Rosy. Thank you! Giving the herbaceous perennials a rest mid summer also means less gardening in the hottest part of the year. I wouldn't mind that!
Camas is a lovely Pacific Northwest native wildflower that needs wet winters and then goes dormant in summer. Their bulbs can rot if it’s too wet in summer. They’re ideal for the type of weather you’re describing. Evergreen huckleberry is a great shrub for those same conditions. It produces loads of little blueberries in late summer that the birds go absolutely crazy for
I’ve found that roses, salvia caradonna, hemerocallis, verbena bonariensis and rigida, most geraniums and Geums all perform well. To those I add in Salvias in the summer. Gone are the phlox, delphiniums and lilies.
A characteristic of the Mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) is winter rain and a dry summer. Naples and Dubrovnik get 1000mm or precipitation annually, mostly in the winter, as much as Plymouth.
We here in New York are having this exact same weather pattern that you talk about. I have had to change my gardening choices over the past 4o years, for sure.
Thanks for sharing your mother’s experience with weeding in Yorkshire 💚 I’d never thought how breaking the soil to dig a dandelion would affect the moisture level. Appreciate all of your good advice!
Thank you for the informative video. After the drought of 2006, I filled my new garden with Mediterranean drought tolerant plants. They did not survive the wet winters or heavy clay soil. Now I'm inspired to try Alpines!
I’m from The Netherlands, and this video is very useful. Still too much emphasis over here on plants being hardy instead of winterwet tolerant. People been going crazy over lavender ‘because warmer climate’ only to find out they never survive the autumn/winter rain.
Interesting times indeed.
I’m gardening in the Pacific NW with wet from autumn through spring and your video has provided some sensible advice and lots to think about.
I'm from the PNW also, NW Oregon. Where are you? It's nice to find a "neighbor" here.
Hello neighbors, I’m in Woodland WA. Hope you’re well
This was again a very informative, instructive video. We actually have to adapt our view of gardening to the changing climate. We now have very hot dry summers here in southern Germany. Thank you very much for the interesting video.
The past few summers here jn Tuscany have been too hot even to go out and sit in the garden! I don't water, and my garden in summer is usually dull (long live pelargoniums and petunias in containers!), but spring is glorious, and autumn too once temperatures drop again below 30°c. Thanks for some great tips again that I will try out this year.
Thanjs for these ideas Rosy. I'm in northern Italy but lots of things you've said I will really reflect on especially watering for trees and shrubs. I'd love to have Baptisia too.
Thank Rosy for all your videos and knowledge. Can you share a video on how you sterilised your tools when you are pruning a lot of roses so not to pass on plant disease. Many thanks 💜
Exactly the information I need for Vancouver Island lowland! Thank-you!
The ISLANDS of Great Britain.
Great advice Rosy. Im going to plug gaps with annuals this year
Dear Rosy what excellent advice the best video yet
Excellent video with great tips. Thank you. Kind regards. 👍
Having clay soil, wet winters and dry summers near Paris, I had to experiments with plants. Luckily, we have a community garden where some mounds were constructed at the beginning. So on those mounds, I can grow plants that need good drainage. But on level soil, it gets a bit waterlogged in winter. So for those, you need tough plants. For that, I either go to plants that naturally grow in dry climates but can handle the wet winters, or plants from wet areas that can tolerate some dry conditions by simply not growing tall. For the first category, you have many achilleas, like achillea filipendulina or millefolium that will tolerate those conditions. Achillea Ptarmica are made for wet soils, so will do fine there but not on the mounds. In the second category, you have stuff like lysimachia ephemerum, which is a gorgeous plant. Most asters prefer moist soils in summer, but will not die in case of drought, just go dormant and come back. I've had asters that only now have reached adult size, 5 years after being planted, in the driest areas of the garden. It seems to work the same for veronicastrum and eupatorium maculatum. But I have clay soil, so as long as the plants have deep roots, they're fine in a drought. It would be a whole other story in sandy soil. Oh, and of course euphorbias just grow anywhere. I haven't mentioned them, coz their look isn't my cup of tea.
Thank you Rosy. I wonder if gardeners should consider using rain barrels or other water collection devices more frequently to prevent water runoff and to store the excess water for the dryer times of the year.
I may be wrong but I think that in Belgium it is compulsory for all new houses to be equipped with rain collectors.
I plan on putting in several waterbutts, but watering with cans has shown me just how much water it takes. To have enough for a very small garden, is 500l a time.
Thank you Rosy. This is really helpful. I moved to South Wales two years ago Last summer, it started raining at the end of June and hasn't really stopped since! My garden is elevated rather than valley bottom but there are still many plants where the roots are dying off in the soggy conditions. Even some painted ferns turned their toes up! I'm adding nutrients and compost, but finding plants to suit the conditions is proving interesting. I'm definitely going to have to take cuttings of more things like salvias and pinks which will cope with winter cold but only if dry.
My alliums are flying up funnily enough and I've just seen the hosta make an appearance. The lavender though has had it.
Ooh. Interesting weed advice. I’m going to try that!
Great video, excellent advice regarding the plants, watering & especially like the reminder at end to save the water for the trees
Thank you very much, that was a treasure trove of information! My experience with Hylotelephiums specifically was that they became unusually sickly in drought (North East England).
Very interesting, as always. We live in the center of France and the last 5 summers were very dry from april we had almost no rain and very warm (hot) weather. I plantend a lot of Salvia, Buddlea, Knautia and Roses. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks for this. I wonder conversely what would be your top plants to avoid these days (useful to know what to resist buying 😉)
I concur
Thank you.
Great advice! Thank you ❤
Great video 👍
Thank you. Have a great weekend
Look at ephemeral seep ecologies - Darmera peltata is a good example
Varying weather? Bloody awful weather!😂😅
Great video Rosy thanks for that. I’m in Yorkshire and I’m currently rejigging my garden to make it level and more user friendly. I’ve bought a few plants from you over the years which have been incredible. I’ve notice when I’ve dug some of the plants up to store while the garden is completed I’ve got a lot of what I thought were geums, however when I scan it with my plant app it’s saying they are wood avens. Can you tell me if this is invasive/a weed as I cannot remember buying these and there’s loads of them. Thanks Deb
There is a native Geum that can occasionally take over in a garden as it self seeds. Sometimes difficult to totally tell the difference from your planted Geum rivals in leaf. Best to flower them all and destroy the unwanted ones before they seed.
@@rosyhardy18 thank you so much for that. I’ll pot them up and see what’s what before I put them in garden.
Fantastic advice 👏👏
Native plants in short 😂
What dry Summer?0
My garden is constantly flooded in winter. I dug a soak away in and that has helped to relieve the standing water but after digging down this week I found I may as well have started digging a well. At the moment the borders have been stripped apart from 2 new apple trees, 3 hydrangea and 15 new cornus dog wood plants. I've recently ordered a mixed flowering hedge pack with guelder rose, dog rose, flowering currant and they're going in this week. Next I've really got to decide what perennials to put in to survive this wet/dry conditions.