We're having a severe gale right now down here on the Lizard Cornwall .
I had thought we were o.k. until I walked around my garden and saw this !
Tetrapanax papyrifer rex .....smashed ! That's the top of it laying on the grass .
It was doing so well all through winter ....and through all the storms ..and we had some big storms this winter !
It made it through and put out all these beautiful branches .
I just don't understand how it could have happened 😞 I am so upset .
It is in a very bushy and sheltered place . Not only has it been smashed , but the top part which is huge , is laying quite some distance from the trunk .....very odd .
I am heart broken . There is only one small leaf left on it 😞
That little one hanging down dropped off .
The one remaining leaf is not looking all that good ..... sigh ...
Could that be a new leaf shoot coming above the one remaining leaf ? Maybe ?
I have made a start clearing all the weeds around it . I am hoping it might put out some off shoots around it's base .
That would be good as I have a few people who would love a rooted cutting .
It might put out some new leaves along the remaining stem .
I'm not giving up on it . It is one of my favourite "tropical jungle" plants .
Oh ! ......heartbroken !
All fer now ......love Debbie x
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