http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/tobybuckland/2009/02/winter_survivors_2.html en-gb 30 Thu 03 Dec 2009 19:47:08 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/tobybuckland/2009/02/winter_survivors_2.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/tobybuckland/2009/02/winter_survivors_2.html?page=15#comment3 Toby,Alas but one of my "Winter survivors" does not appear to be my beloved Robinia tree. It is 5 years old and has grown to 25 foot. Being close to the Thames in London we are on a mix of heavy clay soil and London gravel. This winter has been very wet and I am told Robinia's hate poorly draining soil. Is this the case? Having not produced any leaves at all I assume it is dead. Is there any action that can be taken to try and save it??? Thu 28 May 2009 11:53:05 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/tobybuckland/2009/02/winter_survivors_2.html?page=10#comment2 Lucky you :) My country is covered by snow at the moment :) Another month to go till the beginning for spring :) Wed 04 Mar 2009 21:45:27 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/tobybuckland/2009/02/winter_survivors_2.html?page=5#comment1 You are right. I might not be Spring just yet, but the small signs are there.Maybe the signs are more noticeable because we have had a 'proper' frosty cold Winter. I can see my rhubarb coming up nicely, and thanks to the all the frost and cold my small vegetable patch has wonderfully crumbly soil this year.I can't wait! Tue 24 Feb 2009 12:29:18 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/tobybuckland/2009/02/winter_survivors_2.html?page=0#comment0 I've never got a Melianthus to reach 8ft here in balmy Cheshire - let alone flowering and setting seed!Good to hear some less than hardy specimens have come through the frost and snow in the SW after the damage reported in the news last week.I keep thinking about a fabulous visit I had to Heligan last year - I hope they didn't get hit too hard.... Thu 19 Feb 2009 22:01:07 GMT+1