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Trials and tribulations of creating a tropical paradise in NE Scotland
Here at Scottish Bamboo we want to share our experience of creating a tropical garden in a very temperate climate. Situated in the north east of Scotland we experience extremely harsh weather conditions and have even recorded temperatures as low as minus 12 degrees celcius and regularly experience sub zero temperatures during the long winter from October to March.
A Winter Diary at Scottish Bamboo
2nd- 9th February 2009
After a resaonably mild january, February sees a return to winter! 3 - 4 days of frequent snow falls followed by a severe plummet in temperatures. Temperatures here in Turriff fell to minus 15.9 degrees celcius overnight (temperatures in the highlands fell to minus 18 degrees celcius) and have not risen above minus 3 degress celcius today (9th Feb).
All our bamboos and eucalypts seem to be fairing ok, however some of our other 'tropical experiments' are floundering (i.e. our phormiums, fatsia and cordylines) - lets see how they look in Spring.
To the right you can see one of our Eucalypts laden with so much snow its branches are touching the ground (this tree usually stands upright to a height of approx 35ft).
1st - 5th January 2009
A return to winter this week! Although no snow or rain in Scotland (snow in England however!?), we have seen temperatures regularly dip to minus 5 / minus 6 degrees celcius in our garden. Again, no sign of any damage to our 'tropical garden' so far (fingers crossed!).
19th - 31st December 2008
Fairly quiet on the weather front, in fact temperatures around average for this time of year and also very dry which is unusual in this part of the country during December.
18th / 19th December 2008
Very windy, particularly during darkness. No damage to any of the tropicals, but some smaller branches down on some of the larger native trees.
Week commencing 15th December 2008
It feels rather tropical this week. Daytime temperatures have topped at around 15 degrees celcius (positively balmy for NE Scotland in December!).
13th December 2008
Rain, rain and more rain! Today, all it has done is rain. We are keeping the bananas in our tropical valley dry by wrapping the base with straw and covering with polythene - they don't like to get their feet wet.
5th - 12th December 2008
This has been a very cold week with temperatures consistently falling below zero. Recorded temperatures between minus 2.5 degrees celcius and minus 3.5 degrees celcius each night. All our bamboos are coping amazingly well in this cold climate. A tiny amount of leaf curl and yellowing of the leaves observed, but nothing to worry about.
3rd December 2008
Another very hard frost - lowest temperature recorded so far this winter at minus 7.0 degress celcius. Again, after close inspection of our bamboo plants there appears to be very little sign of any leaf damage.
29th November 2008
Our first VERY cold hard frost - temperature recorded as low as minus 6.9 degress celcius. Very little sign of any leaf damage.
23rd November 2008
Our first heavy snow fall of the winter leaves our bamboo almost horizontal with almost a foot of snow on the ground. Once the snow had disappeared, the bamboo plants bounced back to life standing upright and leaves untouched by the harsh conditions.
