for the record: hail and snow in Calgary, June 5 2009

Here are some pictures I snapped this morning (from the shelter of my front and back doors) as the hail  and wet snow came down.  It is 3^oC today and there is a forecast for more wet snow tonight and tomorrow morning.
Sigh.  I'm not really worried about most of my plants; I know the perennials will do fine, and most of the annuals too.  They may not be happy and will go into shock and stop growing for a few days, but they'll survive.  I'll probably throw a towel over the tomatoes in Kozy Coats, and move a couple of pots planted with very tender annuals (eg. impatiens) into the garage, not to mention all those little seedlings sitting on my picnic table that I still haven't got around to planting... 
Let's hope the snowfall isn't too heavy or it may be the trees that that will suffer the most!

Comments

[The Ms. S.]

I saw the snow warning for Calgary on the weather and thought of the gardeners there :)

We also have a frost warning here so I will be protecting my impatiens tonight as well...*sigh*

[SunnyVancouverite]

Oh wow. I wish it were snowing here in Vancouver.

[Janice]

Yes, I suppose snow is better than forest fires...
Janice