Texas Freeze Aftermath!
- Thread starter Ken N Tx
- Start date
No smell, bees loved the blooms..
Lara
Friend of the Arts
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic Coast
Lara
Friend of the Arts
- Location
- Mid-Atlantic Coast
...and the smooth round black River Rock that edges the Rose Bed. Nice touch.
MountainRa
Senior Member
- Location
- Upstate SC, USA
Bradford Pear trees are banned from sale in SC starting in October 2024. Meanwhile homeowners are encouraged to immediately start removing the trees from their property.Yes they are knock outs.
We did loose a 23 year old Bradford Pear this year!!
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They are truly an awful hybrid tree. They take over fields and pastures crowding out other species. When they revert back to their native species they put on a 4” thorn that can puncture a tractor tire. Nearly impossible to kill one.
They have weak branch and trunk structure and will easily split in half. Don’t park your car under one.
If I sound like I really have it in for Bradford Pears it’s because we are currently trying to rid our pastures of these awful things.
dseag2
Dallas, TX
- Location
- Dallas, TX
Almost all of our plants have recovered from the 2021 Freeze and they are now thriving. The Japanese Yews were hit hard but they are now flourishing. It has taken 2 years for our Carolina Jasmine to grow on the trellises but it is getting there!
We watered everyday and everything came out surprisingly well...way better than expected.
What kind of a plant was that, Ken?
Not sure what the name was, it had been showing signs of distress ever since the freeze..
My wife watered the potted plants almost daily and they are doing good..I did the Knock Out Roses..
If you watered the dead plant too, then one would assume it was a plant that couldn't endure the long hot summer/ sun temps. Not be a species that does well in Texas.
I have two trees (both about 25' high) that are dead, one holly and the other is an oak, the holly had a few dead limbs from the freeze, now completely dead, the oak was completely dead within two weeks time, this summer. I watered every day, rotating areas for two months...two over $200 water bills, this was mostly shrubs, I did not water the trees, thinking that surely they would be okay..
The plant was well over 12 years old and had been cut back twice over previous years..
