Iris Doherty asked 14 years ago
On a recent journey from Inishowen to Dublin I noticed that most of the whin/gorse (Ulex) along the roadside seem to have died. Would this have been caused by the severe winter or is there a disease on the rampage?
1 Answers
Gerry Daly Staff answered 7 years ago
Believe or not, furze is not completely hardy and it is occasionally damaged or killed by very hard frost. It recovers from low down or from seeds.
