I lost power all day, and a few trees blew down - one at work and one big one across a major road (it had been chainsawed flush with the sidewalk before I saw it).
Where I live, tree limbs and rose bushes thrashed around, and a bamboo blew almost horizontally, but nothing broke or blew away. My cat, on the other hand, became anxious and was very displeased that I would allow such high winds to occur.
I'm glad I chopped down / harvested / deadheaded most of my Lavatera before the wind storm, or they would have reseeded even more than they have already. Now I have many ounces of seeds - maybe a cup full! And since I got them before the fall rains turned their pods moldy, they might even remain viable for a few years.
Lavatera thuringiaca var 'Rosea'
syn. Lavatera x clementii
They were sold by Hirt's Nursery as microscopic plants, said to be Lavatera thuringiaca var 'Barnsley' , but they weren't.
