I will be posting pictures and information on weather and plants here. Weather data will mostly be from the official site (Ottawa International Airport).
@TGS_Matt@MurphTWN@weathernetwork Yes. Lots still on the ground in Ottawa. It gets pretty sparse when you go south to Brockville. I live just south of Ottawa and it was 14°C here and sunny today but tonight expected to be -10°C.
@TGS_Matt@MurphTWN@weathernetwork I agree. Makes a good green backdrop plant after flowering but should never be planted in the middle of the yard. Does ‘Kolgold’ actually rebloom heavily or is it like other rebloomers that may bloom 10% of original? Yes ‘Ottawa’ can be used but Northern Gold’ the common one.
@TGS_Matt@MurphTWN@weathernetwork In Ottawa we are fairly restricted to using hardy cultivars of Forsythia like ’Ottawa’ and ‘Northern Gold’ when we want an early yellow flowering shrub. . Cornus mas is not hardy enough here to use.
@TGS_Matt@MurphTWN@weathernetwork That’s right. I saw the yellow and thought the same thing but then I looked closer and realized this. Very few of those here in Ottawa due to hardiness issues but lots in Southern Ontario.
@_tweeeet_@BlacksWeather It may be slow to get to Ottawa but hopefully the warm air gets there. It’s already 10°C and sunny here in Winchester. Enjoy it while it lasts, a predicted low of -11°C tonight will set a record low for April 2.
@reallyottawa @BlacksWeather@CBCOttawa This is not Phragmites australis which is very invasive and a major threat to our native wetland species. This is Miscanthus sinensis ’Gracillimus’ which is a common clump forming non-invasive plant found in many gardens.
@BlacksWeather This is what 3/4”hail sounds like hitting the car in Winchester just after 4:00 pm. Had to wait in car until storm passed. Lots of shredded leaves. I imagine some crop damage to corn and soy beans.
@BlacksWeather You’re welcome Ian. It was amazing to see the shredded corn and the leafless soybeans. There was minor hail damage at my house but just 5 minutes away complete defoliation of some plants. Here is ‘normal’ looking corn vs. shredded corn. Just minutes away from each other.
@BlacksWeather One picture is of ‘hail’ shredded corn. One is ‘’hail’ shredded soybeans. One is the bark of a tree removed by hail and the fourth is uprooted poplars from what appears to be a straight wind, possibly a downdraft.
@AnthonyFarnell@BlacksWeather@AnthonyFarnell@BlacksWeather
Damage from hail just east of Hallville (near Winchester) at around 4:00 pm. Crops destroyed. The green sticks are soybeans and corn and the chipped bark was caused by hail.
@AnthonyFarnell@BlacksWeather
Here is the hail about 2 hours after it fell just east of Hallville (near Winchester). There must have been accumulation on the road when it was in progress.