my bushes are freezing!
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Anonymous
| I have a gold leaf Aucuba that is showing signs of freezing. Many leaves have turned brown from the freezing temperatures. Some of my rhododendrons are looking bad, too. I am worried that I am going to lose a lot of these bushes this year. Is there anything I can do to protect them or is it too late? |
Anonymous
| We are turning a corner with the weather starting early next week. The bushes will likely recover though blooms might be affected. |
Anonymous
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Your rhodedendron is fine up to zone 3, it's leaves should be curling and droooping to protect itself -- called thermonasty.
Your aucuba is fine up to zone 6, unless it's the gold variety, which is zone 7, but still they should be fine. Maybe a little winter die back, but survivable. The plants at risk are those at the edge of our hardiness, like those zone 8 plants we try to sneak in. Remember the years people noted they lost figs and less hardy camelias? This is shaping up to be a year like that. |
Anonymous
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You can spray ornamental evergreens with Wiltpruf and hope for the best
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
This is not needed for outdoor plants unless you completely ignored the correct zone for planting. |
Anonymous
| Our Camillas’s leaves are looking very brown after the freeze and wind. Anything I can do now but wait? |
Anonymous
The worst weather seems to be over, but not much can be done to undo damage. If you anticipate more below 20 weather, you can add extra mulch to the roots and try use a cover to protect from wind. But these are the kinds of winters that make camelia's tough in this zone. We've lost them before, and may again, but often can go a decade without a winter bad enough to kill them. Same with figs: one of mine is clearly toast, hope it comes back from the roots; the other seems to have survived as it is more sheltered from cold. |
Anonymous
| It's under Lawn and Garden, you pervert |
Anonymous
| Put an electric blanket over them. |