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I was just curious, since the growing season is getting under way in a considerable portion of the continental United States, so with that in mind, we are getting to the point of the year when it is known whether plants survived a given climates winter; so please feel free to chime in on any plant damage or deaths you have personally observed after this past winter
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We lost a lot of new growth on roses that had popped out during an early warm period, followed by a freeze down to the high teens. All of that got cut off when I pruned anyway. The weight of the snow totaling over a foot tipped over a well established juniper next to my pond, but it’s doing fine after I straightened and staked it. Other than that everything has made it through another winter.
After the 2nd coldest winter on record here, it remains to be seen. We still have snow left on the north slopes of hills.----Deer have had it tough with the prolonged cold weather and have ventured up near the house to feed, girdling my little pear trees and a coupe burning bushes-- no hope for them....Ironically the rose bush we covered looks dead, but the one we left out looks fine with new buds growing.
I was just curious, since the growing season is getting under way in a considerable portion of the continental United States, so with that in mind, we are getting to the point of the year when it is known whether plants survived a given climates winter; so please feel free to chime in on any plant damage or deaths you have personally observed after this past winter
last fall we put in a couple of rows of thuja green giants, like 80 of them.
this little soldier seems to be the one that looks like its dying. the one a couple down has issues at the top. the rest look good to go. i think that is pretty decent to only lose 1 or 2.
Plant damage in Central Indiana is fairly minor considering the fact that Indianapolis recorded a low temperature of -11 F on January 30th; the Nellie Stevens Holly had some dead branches on it and many specimens of southern magnolia had moderate leaf bronzing and slight defoliation, those are just a couple of my personal observations after this winter in the Indianapolis area
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