Hail Damage May 30th Cincy

Just a Thread to show Hail Damage.

Well about 8:30 PM we got the worst weather a big leaved plant lover can get.
HAIL and Lots of it.
NO Structual damage that I've heard of though so......

The Hosta, Gunnera and Petasites were hit hard.
The leaves are all still tender fairly new growth.
AND we were having a banner year.
Now most are perforated.

We had this happen about 5 years ago so I know the worst damage won't show for days yet.

Here's a little taste.

This message was edited May 31, 2009 7:41 AM

A little of the culprits

And another.
That's a mini blind slat marker there.

We got about 3/4" of rain in 15-20 minutes.
Here's our garden

Neighbor's deck

The Cause

The Affect

Petasites

Petasites in yard

Hosta 'Krossa Regal'

H. 'Blue Angel'

The season's over already for thsi Big Gun

Another shot of H. 'Krossa Regal'.
Even the Ostrich Ferns got hit.
Ice still there underneath.

One of our more tender UNK Yellows and Pulmonaria

Brickroom
Notice the EE to the right

The Aroids.
They will recover.

More Hosta damage.
Under the Mimosa..... still leafing out so little or no protection.

C. 'Black Magic'

These cuttings just came out of their bags this afternoon.
Welcome to the Real World little ones.... :-)

Ric

Thanks for the new thread, ric. So sorry there's been so much damage; wow, what a storm.
It's 48*, windy and some rain earlier.

Rise: Set:
Actual Time Sunrise: 4:30 AM AKDT
Sunset: 11:18 PM AKDT
Civil Twilight 2:42 AM AKDT 1:12 AM AKDT
Nautical Twilight
Astronomical Twilight
Moon 1:02 PM AKDT (5/30) 2:38 AM AKDT (5/30)
Length Of Visible Light: 22h 30m
Length of Day 18h 47m
Tomorrow will be 3m 53s longer
Portage Lake~last Monday. Formed from Portage Glacier.

Raining again after a really nice day yesterday.

Yikes not a new thread for the Group.
Just one to post damage shots so I didn't overload the Main Thread which is still here.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/991994/

Sorry for the confusion!

Ric

Ric, thanks for starting a new thread! I can't believe how much damage the rain did to your plants!You and Robyn must be devastated. My heart goes out to you, hoping the plants will come back to life.
Mau, your granddaughters are so beautiful! You were right, the squash really got squashed in the mud....yuck!
Pepper, your grandmother's irises are great!
Rann, better you didn't feel the earthquake!
Today has stopped raining, but look what clouds were yesterday when I got back home from work.
Adina

Ric, I sure got confused ,sorry!lol

I hope most of the plants recover, Ric. Such a shame when hail hits so hard.