Hurricane Ike Syndrome Hits Plants
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
After Ike, a lot of the plants in the area suffered damage of varying severity, ranging from lost leaves to uprooting to whole trees goin’ DOWN (too often taking power lines and roofs with them).
Very soon afterwards, people noticed things blooming when they shouldn’t.
What I’ve noticed recently is that, in spite of 3 cold fronts, where the temperatures when below 40 degrees….the trees are still green. Some of them are still putting on new leaves.
The juniper is putting on new tips, even as the berries are ripening.
These trees are usually the first to show color and usually turn as soon as night time temperatures go into the 50s.
The neighbor’s tree had leaves on its west side blown off…so it put more on. It, also isn’t about to drop the leaves.
Still…..the weather has been nice.
