"Dave.C" wrote in message
. uk...
In my local garden centre I saw a very nice climber which had small bluebell
like flowers. I'd not seen it before although it said "grown in the UK since
Victorian times". What surprised me was that it said it was "Frost hardy to
2C". I would have called that frost tender.

They probably meant what Philip calls 2 deg. C, in other words hardy
to two degrees of frost viz. -2C.

Also, the forecaster on News 24 (Jay?)said that today's rainfall would be
beneficial to gardens in the SE and also help the reservoirs. I wouldn't
have
thought it would make much difference to either if there is only the
predicted 5-10mm.

If you compare the area of land not covered by reservoirs with the area
covered by them, and assume all the land drains into the reservoirs, then
multiplying 10mm by that ratio, I reckon all the reservoirs would overflow :-)

Cheers, Alastair.