Did you lose any plants due to the harsh winter?

[Anonymous]

I lost a also rosemary. A lavender, a hydrangea, and an azalea all got damaged, but they're coming back okay.

[Anonymous]

Lost my rosemary, lavender, gardenias (one looks like it may have survived). I'm worried about a couple of my camellias, but I'm still holding out hope. The hydrangeas died back to the roots, but are sprouting out from the ground.

[Anonymous]

A ton of my shrubs look really bad. I wonder if they'll come back.

[Anonymous]

One large gold strike aucuba bit it. Another near it is fine. Tea olive/sweet olive looks like dry sticks but green buds mid-stick are showing up.

[Anonymous]

I am in NW DC and I have a large camellia tree, a large new down rose in the ground, several climbing roses in pots (Laguna, 2 Jasmina, lavender lessie, 2 Rosario utersen - got them last summer and still do not know where to plant them). they all survived with no issues. I put my lemon tree, all herbs and a small camellia inside and they survived, until a month ago when the rosemary and the camellia and other herbs died when I put them outside and forgot to water them. so my black thumb is so black that I killed more plants that the winter in my yard

[Anonymous]

Lost 5 out of 6 hardy gardenias
Lost 2 small newly planted camellias
Large old fig tree has not leafed out yet. Small one I was able to cover did. Will wait until June to see if there is any growth at all on the fig.

The one rose I lost was named for my husband's ancestor who created it. There must be some irony in that...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lost 5 out of 6 hardy gardenias
Lost 2 small newly planted camellias
Large old fig tree has not leafed out yet. Small one I was able to cover did. Will wait until June to see if there is any growth at all on the fig.

The one rose I lost was named for my husband's ancestor who created it. There must be some irony in that...

I think the irony would be if it were your ex-DH ! I hope it's not a portent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am in NW DC and I have a large camellia tree, a large new down rose in the ground, several climbing roses in pots (Laguna, 2 Jasmina, lavender lessie, 2 Rosario utersen - got them last summer and still do not know where to plant them). they all survived with no issues. I put my lemon tree, all herbs and a small camellia inside and they survived, until a month ago when the rosemary and the camellia and other herbs died when I put them outside and forgot to water them. so my black thumb is so black that I killed more plants that the winter in my yard

Oh, I hate it when that happens to me. Which it has.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lost 5 out of 6 hardy gardenias
Lost 2 small newly planted camellias
Large old fig tree has not leafed out yet. Small one I was able to cover did. Will wait until June to see if there is any growth at all on the fig.

The one rose I lost was named for my husband's ancestor who created it. There must be some irony in that...

I think the irony would be if it were your ex-DH ! I hope it's not a portent?

Greetings fellow fig tree owner. I'm the PP who posted earlier. Let keep checking back and comparing notes. My tree is about 12 years old. I am very, very nervous, but like you, am hoping it's just taking it's sweet time. It has always bloomed later than my other trees. [there doesn't appear to be an emoticon for "nervous" so just imagine it!]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lost 5 out of 6 hardy gardenias
Lost 2 small newly planted camellias
Large old fig tree has not leafed out yet. Small one I was able to cover did. Will wait until June to see if there is any growth at all on the fig.

The one rose I lost was named for my husband's ancestor who created it. There must be some irony in that...

I think the irony would be if it were your ex-DH ! I hope it's not a portent?

Greetings fellow fig tree owner. I'm the PP who posted earlier. Let keep checking back and comparing notes. My tree is about 12 years old. I am very, very nervous, but like you, am hoping it's just taking it's sweet time. It has always bloomed later than my other trees. [there doesn't appear to be an emoticon for "nervous" so just imagine it!]

Let's do just that. I am out in Western FFX county and we got really cold here. The tree is on a southern brick wall, and thought it would be ok. The branches smell fresh and I scraped a bit of bark and it's green underneath. We will see. Heartbreaking, isn't it??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lost 5 out of 6 hardy gardenias
Lost 2 small newly planted camellias
Large old fig tree has not leafed out yet. Small one I was able to cover did. Will wait until June to see if there is any growth at all on the fig.

The one rose I lost was named for my husband's ancestor who created it. There must be some irony in that...

I think the irony would be if it were your ex-DH ! I hope it's not a portent?

Me too! We thought it was hilarious

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 5 year old climbing roses bit the dust - no signs of green. My endless summer hydrangeas lost all their old wood buds in the frost a couple of weeks ago. I'm in a bit of mourning for them because they are my absolute summer favorites!

Same with my endless summers--and I have a ton of them because they are my favorite. Camellia looks dead. Lost two azeleas and several abelias. I also lost a few dwarf nandinas. We just put in all these plants about 18 months ago, so the losses are frustrating (and pricey). Our snowball viburnums, on the other hand, are bigger and more beautiful than ever!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hydrangea only has a few sprouts, right at the base, so I guess it died back to the roots and I won't get blooms this year. Two very large, old bushes.

Exact same situation here. I was assessing everything today. Guess I need to cut that all back.

[Anonymous]

I have several boxwoods with lots of yellowed leaves at the tips. Not sure what to do with them -- prune or just leave them? Had cut my hydrangea back to the ground anyway, so they weren't lost. Green shoots are coming up, will see if I get any blooms this summer.
Everything else seems to have survived. One big disappointment is the lilac bush, which I was so hoping would put on a big show after the cold, but just two small blooms. Just my second year in this house, and I inherited the lilac, so not sure what the issue is. Maybe not enough sun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have several boxwoods with lots of yellowed leaves at the tips. Not sure what to do with them -- prune or just leave them? Had cut my hydrangea back to the ground anyway, so they weren't lost. Green shoots are coming up, will see if I get any blooms this summer.
Everything else seems to have survived. One big disappointment is the lilac bush, which I was so hoping would put on a big show after the cold, but just two small blooms. Just my second year in this house, and I inherited the lilac, so not sure what the issue is. Maybe not enough sun.

I did some research on line and the consensus seems to be to wait until at least the end of May, and then start pruning at the tips and keep going until you hit live wood.

The lilacs in our neighborhood do look especially good this year.