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Posted by carol_mi z6 MI (My Page) on Fri, Apr 6, 07 at 12:32
| I don't ever remember getting such a prolonged cold snap this late in the season. I'm beginning to wonder if the spring bulbs that are blooming or about to be blooming will make it through. Same for the lilacs and all the other spring blooming trees and shrubs. What do you think? |
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| All my daff's were blooming..there toast..roses were just starting to leaf out and the forsythia is or should i say was getting ready to bloom.... we'll have to wait and see, last time this happened here was 1982..I wasn't gardening then.....:-( |
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- Posted by kec01 5 Chicago IL (My Page) on
Sat, Apr 7, 07 at 6:34
| My neighbor's magnolia tree has brown flowers, my daffs still look fine - fingers crossed. I've been covering plants at night. This weather is nuts - 70 last week, in the 20'a t night now. I hate it. |
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| My beautiful weeping mulberry tree. It get the most beautiful blooms before it leafs out and it was just starting to bloom.. dang it!!! |
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| I'm most concerned about the long term effects on the growing season.Alot of my shrubs have started to leaf out..They can't take 20's nite after nite,without serious damage!! |
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| Heck, it hasn't gotten above freezing during the DAY for the last 3 days here! |
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| Daffs - limp, but look OK overall. The flowers that were already nearly fading will probably do so, those that are still in bud or just opening may well surprise us. Lilacs - don't expect blooms. They'll re-leaf, but won't bloom. Roses - no issue. The new buds are surprisingly resilient and each bud has an auxiliary bud next to it. Tulips - may look tattered but will probably still bloom. Maples - don't expect many of the "helicopter" seeds this year. Apples - probably OK. Pears - Marginal - might do OK. Peaches, Cherries, Apricots, J. Plums - toast. Will leaf out but don't expect much fruit. Just my $0.02. |
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- Posted by seil z6 MI (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 9, 07 at 19:00
| My bulbs were lying flat and the forsythia looked frozen but the sun came out for a while this afternoon and the temp was around 40 and things actually perked up. And the forsythia opened up some new blooms. Don't despair, all is not lost yet. |
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| Well, we got up to about 50 and sunny yesterday. Most of my daffs and hyacinths were still lying on the ground. The cold turned the supporting stems to mush and they can't support the flower heads. Not sure about the lilacs yet, but I imagine we'll see fewer flowers this spring. And now I hear that production of tree fruits may be reduced for the next two years due to branch and twig die-back. |
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| I had a couple green sprouts emerging from a Passionflower Cerulea (I just can't spell) that had overwintered. I can't even find green when I scratch the stems now. My kiwi looks like it suffered a little damage. Yes, I have these things outside in the ground and most are not in their first year...and I do realize this is the Great Lakes forum (I'm in Mi) I'll know more about what made it and what didn't in a few weeks. ~Chills |
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| Things have improved quite abit here..My daff's and other bulbs that were flowering before all this cold weather started, have all perked up and are standing up and blooming quite nicely.Forsythia might manage abit of bloom it was just starting to flower when this hit..Suppose to be in the 50's and 60's next week so we will see..Good luck with everything people!! |
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| Well.... I have never been as depressed this winter as I was today to wake up to snow on the ground and falling from sky all over my bulbs that are just beginning to emerge here in zone 4!! I am hoping that since they have not yet bloomed warmer temps next week will keep them going. Any thoughts on bulbs that are emerging but not yet flowered? Glad I started my winter sowing late this year! Does anyone know how long it takes for Iron Crosses to pop up? I have planted some and put them on my unheated sunporch and some in the house. They have been planted about a week so far. |
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| If your bulbs were just poking through when the cold hit, you're probably in better shape than most of us who had blooming bulbs. The foliage seems to be much hardier than the flowers themselves. |
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| The update- Daffs - faded, but bloomed rather normally after the warm up. Lilacs - blooms may well be OK. Leaves have some blackened edges but the new ones that have grown at the tips of the shoots the last few days look A-OK. Roses - no issue. The new buds are surprisingly resilient and each bud has an auxiliary bud next to it. Tulips - Blooming well. Maples - leafing out normally - ZERO "keys" will mature - so no helicopter seeds this year. Apples and pears seem OK. Peaches actually opened some blooms today. |
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- Posted by seil z6 MI (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 25, 07 at 19:51
| Everything is in bloom here now. The forsythia opened just fine, the daffodils and tulips look lovely, and the lilacs are leafing out and forming flowers right on schedule. The only thing that looks brown are the tips of the hydrangea leaves but they still seem to be growing. The roses had already been winter damaged from earlier so this last freeze did't matter much. They're pruned to the ground and it will be a long while before they bloom. |
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