Pre-storm photo. (I knew the hail was coming so I took some pictures of before it pounded garden):
Notice all the pretty poppies:
Now look at them after the hail storm. They are all broken and mashed up:
It knocked a bunch of the blossoms off the orchid tree and now it looks like it snowed under it:
Here is the hail from my vantage point inside the house looking out:
Closer:
After the storm, I wandered out to take some photos, but the rain had melted the hail to a fraction of the size it was when it first came down:
Really, there wasn't too much damage - just tree leaves torn off and my poppies mushed up. At least it was precipitation. I will take it any way I can get it!
4 comments:
Precip is welcome, but it's harder to take in the form of hail. I'm glad you didn't get the softball size at least.
I'm so sorry about your damage but I'm sure they will recover. The rain will really help. Like you I took photos the day before because I didn't know what to expect. we were lucky and just got rain.
Pam,
Nope, no softball size here - but only a few miles away they really got pummmeled! As a matter of fact, the center of the storm was coming directly at us and about 15 minutes before it arrived, it shifted to the south just a smidge. It was enough to spare us. We just missed the really big hail - whew!
Lancashire rose,
Yeah, I just pruned back the damage and the plants are already recovering. I am definately thankful for the rain and that my house was spared the softball size hail.
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