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carolecuttingitfine

Mother of 4 and enthusiastic novice gardener trying to tame an inherited wilderness in rural Devon - all advice/help gratefully receivedšŸ˜€

Laburnum x watereri

  • Season Icon Early WinterEarly Winter 2019
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carolecuttingitfine

Awh such a sad sight! My amazing #laburnum has come down in all the rain, itā€™s hard to get the scale from the photo but it was huge! I was relieved to narrowly miss being flooded as it was inches away from coming in the house, and then to find this.. I suppose we wonā€™t be short of logs!

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jaynehynesburton

Oh Carol how awful but it would have been so much worse if it had hit the house 😘

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carolecuttingitfine

Absolutely @jaynehynesburton and thatā€™s what you have to always think isnā€™t it - could have been worse and thatā€™s nature..

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cee

Oh no, that is a sad sight. Thank God you escaped the flooding!

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pelly

Oh no!! Glad you're all safe 😃👍

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sharonhayden

Looks like you could stand it up again... shame such a lovely 😊 tree

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juliesgarden

😱😱 been a few go over here sadly , the ground is so sodden isnā€™t it , glad it missed the house !!

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charlotte

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lostgardener

Laburnam makes beautiful wood to carve.. it has a dark heart and a lovely grain..👍🏻 sad day as it looked a lovely tree..

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suerichards

Oh no 🤦ā€ā™€ļø

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carolgs

Oh no that such a lovely tree too, so pleased it missed the house, hope you are all OK x

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richard.spicer.7906

😱oh Carole, sorry to see that! Good to hear the water is away from the house. Salvageable perhaps?

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  • Season Icon Mid SpringMid Spring 2017
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carolecuttingitfine

#laburnum on the bank out of harms way, as it's highly poisonous.

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jaynehynesburton

That's lovely Carole 😊

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carolecuttingitfine

Thank you 😊 @jaynehynesburton

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suerichards

Great photo Carole it looks lovely @carolecuttingitfine

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carolecuttingitfine

Thank you 😊 @suerichards camera phone in the rain doesn't do it justice - it's so vibrant!

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juliesgarden

Morning Carole, love laburnum 💛💛

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susieg

So pretty though 💕

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karenkk

Beautiful x

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brightcolours

#yellow #yellowflowers #poisonous

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janric

They do look lovely though 😀

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carolecuttingitfine

Thank you lovelies @janric @brightcolours @karenkk @susieg and @juliesgarden very lucky to have inherited some beautiful established trees (amongst the brambles) 😊

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  • Season Icon Late SpringLate Spring 2016
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carolecuttingitfine

In full bloom on the bank of the stream.

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katgreen

Beautiful 😆

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  • Season Icon Mid SpringMid Spring 2016
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carolecuttingitfine

Love this tree - it looks fabulous in full flower, however because it's highly poisonous to children and animals it's safely high on the bank across from the stream.. #cleverplanting but not by me 😂

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