Then and now . . . bad year!
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Then and now . . . bad year!
The South Garden 2006
The South Garden 2007
Luckily, no apparent losses, although some pretty severely hit hostas. Hopefully, it did not set them back too far for next year.
The South Garden 2007
Luckily, no apparent losses, although some pretty severely hit hostas. Hopefully, it did not set them back too far for next year.
I guess you could call it that. We had a week of weather in the 70's and 80's in late March, followed by two weeks of weather with lows in the teens and highs in the 30's. As you can imagine, all the early hostas were leafed out or on their way. With lows that low, there was no covering and saving plants for two weeks.MikeWI wrote:frost damage?
Some have sprung back amazingly well. Others are going to look crummy for a year or at least the first half of the year, and others were set back hard or lost. I have a lot of Endless Summer Hydrangeas that look like they may have been hit too hard.
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So sad
Glad you didn't loose any
Glad you didn't loose any
Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.
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I was afraid to look at this post. I was pretty fortunate this year, just a handful that got hit hard. Most of my hostas had the good sense to stay asleep until after the cold went away, but some were just in a hurry and got frozen back to the ground. Some of them look reeeaaaallly strange...half of the hosta has normal leaves, and the other half has little stunted, frost-damaged ones.
I'm sorry about your losses, but glad that many survived.
Linda P
I'm sorry about your losses, but glad that many survived.
Linda P
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
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And frosts are slain and flowers begotten.....
Algernon Charles Swinburne
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I am in the smae boat as you!
Some of my early big ones got it good over Easter weekend, but all of those late common ones still look great. Now all we need is some rain!
By the way the one I did protect was Repitillian, only a few leaf tips look like crap still.
Some of my early big ones got it good over Easter weekend, but all of those late common ones still look great. Now all we need is some rain!
By the way the one I did protect was Repitillian, only a few leaf tips look like crap still.
Elizabeth
No man needs a vacation as bad as the man who has just had one.
No man needs a vacation as bad as the man who has just had one.
I will admit that I feel pretty fortunate, considering the bad weather and horrible timing. Most of my Plantiginea types were hit worse than anything else. Guacamole and Mistress Maybel are probably the worst of all my mature hostas--only little new dormant eyes coming up all over from where the MANY (30+) adult eyes were ALL zapped back to the ground.
Mike, I've got to agree that this will be a great year for adding compost. Unfortunately, it is the first year that I meticulously cleaned my beds of all the leaves that fell, and that probably took away some insulation that might have helped. On the bright side, I have a HUGE compost pile, and will be talking to my "neigbor" who has a monster pile of horse manure from his stables, as well as a friend who has a dump truck. If I can coordinate schedules to get my "neighbor" out with his tractor loader and my friend with his dump truck, this could be the best garden building summer yet!
Mike, I've got to agree that this will be a great year for adding compost. Unfortunately, it is the first year that I meticulously cleaned my beds of all the leaves that fell, and that probably took away some insulation that might have helped. On the bright side, I have a HUGE compost pile, and will be talking to my "neigbor" who has a monster pile of horse manure from his stables, as well as a friend who has a dump truck. If I can coordinate schedules to get my "neighbor" out with his tractor loader and my friend with his dump truck, this could be the best garden building summer yet!
I have the same thing here in one big bed I didn't get mulched last year. Actually, it's the entire N. side of the property. Frozen eyes, leaves unfurling looking really gnarly. My only loss so far (besides some mini's) is plantagenia Athena. The rest I am just waiting to see what happens next.
I had 2 loads of mulch delivered last weekend, and it is getting put down soon. Aside from that, I am just rolling with the punches and not gonna let it get me down.
I'm just glad for my established Hostas that weren't affected, and those that were, might just suprise me later!
I had 2 loads of mulch delivered last weekend, and it is getting put down soon. Aside from that, I am just rolling with the punches and not gonna let it get me down.
I'm just glad for my established Hostas that weren't affected, and those that were, might just suprise me later!