Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Freeze: One Day Later... More Damage

I should have known better and remembered that it can take a day or two for hard frost damage to show up. 

It seems that was heavy damage on rapidly growing perennial and bulbs.  It wasn't garden wide, just in certain spots. 

The roses were the hardest hit, they had several inches of growth that is now wilted and crispy looking.  The bleeding heart completely collapsed and my hydrangea is completely brown.  The biggest surprise was that some of my daylilies and Asiatic lillies have MAJOR damage.  I'll know in a few days if they have chance this year.

On a brighter note, I noticed tiny roots on the pepper seeds from Granny that I started pre-sprouting on Sunday!


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  1. I really didn't notice any damage here and it went down to 25. I guess I better take a closer look today.

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    1. Robin, I'm hopping Mother Nature took out on me and has spared you.

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  2. I guess you got just enough. I was down to 26F and can see no damage here. I was worried about the peach blossoms as they were starting to open, but even they seem fine. But all my herbs, perennials, and trees seem to have escaped any damage.

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    1. Daphne, just one of the joys of living at the base of a mountain. If the cold air comes down from over it, the freeze damage is always worse. I'm everything survived for you.

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  3. I'm sorry about damage. That's why i wanted to wait until the weekend to see what really survived and what will turn brown. I haven't had the heart to look at it yet.

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    1. Jenny, everything may be ok for you. My parents live in central NJ and report they had no freeze damage.

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    2. Central Jersey is where I work and it's at least 5 degrees warmer than my area up here in the mountains. :(

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  4. So sorry about the damage. We had temperatures down to 17˚F overnight Tuesday. Luckily most of the spring bulbs are just barely peeking out of the ground and look like they survived. I'll need to take a closer look today.

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    1. GrafixMuse, your bilbs should be ok. These were literally forced by the unseasonable heat. The perennials should come back, provided we have no other big freezes.

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  5. Your beautiful flowers? How sad....I don't suppose it's too late to prune the damage from the roses and still get some beauties (I sometimes didn't get mine pruned until mid April, when we returned from AZ), but I suppose the hydrangea and bleeding heart are zilch for the year. Darn Mother Nature! She can be so cruel. (Now she'll get me, won't she).

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    1. Granny, the roses will recover, but I will not have that huge spring flush. I'm looking at this way, now I can do some needed dividing and reworking the beds without worrying about sacrificing bloom.

      You've now thrown dwon the gauntlet with Mother Nature! I'd watch my back...

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