Texas Freeze Aftermath!

Ken N Tx said:
Problem here is that growers/nursery's also got hit and plants are hard to come by!! Homeowners have already dwindled supplies at outlets!!
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Don't you have greenhouse nurseries?
I’ll bet if you looked online for greenhouse nurseries in your area you’d find something suitable. It might not be exactly the same but sometimes change is good. Anyway I wish you the best. You’ll figure something out.

Your irises are beautiful. Stunning even. :)
I love irises.
 

Ken N Tx said:
We are trying to save 5 of our shrubs but I think we maybe pulling them out!! They will never be the same.. 😩
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You may be surprised. Just have to give them watering and time to see. Maybe in a couple months they will have regained their strength. looks like they are sure trying to come back, Ken. It was a brutal freeze week, no doubt about it. Been watering every day and now have some of the Mexican Heather greening up! Have faith.
 
Ken N Tx said:
Had to cut down another bush as it was not responding!! 😩

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I hope you're going to dig out the old root system, Ken, because in the event there's still a little life left deep within the root structure, it can affect the growth of the new planting you so choose.

Weeds and existing roots structures are competition for new plantings, drawing nutrients away from new plantings.
 
Liberty said:
Ken, are you going to put the same kind of shrubs back in or something else this time?
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Aunt Marg said:
I hope you're going to dig out the old root system, Ken, because in the event there's still a little life left deep within the root structure, it can affect the growth of the new planting you so choose.

Weeds and existing roots structures are competition for new plantings, drawing nutrients away from new plantings.
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Yes we plan on digging it out and replacing with something available.
 
Ken N Tx said:
Yes the full growth may never come back.

I don't really know what they are called. A nursery told my son that if they have any green, around the bottom,to pull off the dead leaves to leave room for new buds to grow out..Time will tell but it does not look good..

Nursery's are now running are out of plants as they too have been hit with the freeze!! Some said they will take about 3 years to bounce back!!
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I hope for some recovery, Ken......there were times i shed tears, if i had to take loses in my yard, years of work and caring, then Mother Nature throws a curveball.
 
Liberty said:
What kind of plants are they Ken? One looks like Mexican Heather? Thinking to let them sit for a month and they will come back from the roots if your ground didn't get frozen. Sometimes you yank them out of the ground too soon. Keep them watered good and maybe shake some fertilizer on them.
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I agree, Liberty
 
Liberty said:
Looking good, Ken!
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Your roses are beautiful!

I too have been replacing plants since the devastating freeze.
I planted thrift roses in early spring of this year and I have been amazed at the blooms they've produced....here it is November and they are still blooming.
 
Funny that you brought this thread back to life today Ken. While out walking this cold morning, my thoughts went back to those 'nightmare' days last February. ... 2 days without any power.

Thinking about getting some plan in place if another black-out hits.
 
Bonnie said:
Funny that you brought this thread back to life today Ken. While out walking this cold morning, my thoughts went back to those 'nightmare' days last February. ... 2 days without any power.
Thinking about getting some plan in place if another black-out hits.
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If the long range forecasts are accurate, much of the nation is going to have another rather cold/severe Winter....especially during the early part of 2022. It will be interesting to see if the Texas utilities have corrected some of the problems that caused last Winters outages.
 
Don M. said:
If the long range forecasts are accurate, much of the nation is going to have another rather cold/severe Winter....especially during the early part of 2022. It will be interesting to see if the Texas utilities have corrected some of the problems that caused last Winters outages.
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From what I gather listening to local news ... they haven't fixed anything.
 
When my husband retired in 2001, we sold our house in CA and bought a fifth-wheel and truck and hit the road. We spent winters in Brownsville, TX along with many other retirees (mostly from MN and Canada) in one of the retirement parks down there. One year (can't remember which year), the night before Christmas, we had snow and a freeze and it killed palm trees and cacti's and rose bushes in the park (and every where else). We also had a huge hail storm one time and the hail was the size of baseball's. It broke the shrouds on our air conditioner units on our fifth-wheel and we had large dents on the nose of our truck because it wouldn't fit under the car port all the way. I remember someone even sold one of the huge hail stones on Ebay...and someone actually bought it...haha.
 
Liberty said:
Are those Knock Out roses? Wondering if they would survive the deer if I planted some. Deer love
rose hips. Look great, Ken!
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Yes they are knock outs.

We did loose a 23 year old Bradford Pear this year!! 😩 😩
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