The only exception appears to have been my Cosmos. A couple of my favourite annual varieties, white 'Purity' and pink 'Daydream', relished the tempestuous conditions, responding with vigorous, healthy growth. Everything else has fared less well. My old dependable Ursinias are looking very bedraggled and have put on zero growth since their move out of the cold frame three weeks ago. In a similar state are a number of annual Chrysanthemum 'German Flag' and it looks as if my Mimulus have a touch of collar rot, a condition usually caused by damp and manifesting itself in a reduction in the diameter of the stems of the plants at soil level.
Winds can then finish off the job by snapping the base of weakened plant.
Mimulus will recover if there is warm weather but they need to be treated with some care and kept out of the wind. In short the weather has been up to its usual tricks. The more common afflictions of scorch during the day and frosts by night have been replaced with damp, cold and gusting winds. My hardy vine, which was planted to grow over a pergola the year before last, has excelled itself by producing dozens of flowers despite the raw weather. It goes to show what the absence of frost at the crucial period can lead to.