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frost/snow blackening
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i'm a gardening newbie. just got back this morning from xmas away to find all my shrubs looking horrid & black after their time covered with snow will they recover in the spring by themselves? should i prune all the black leaves away (won't be much left!!)? or are they beyond hope? for future reference, is is a good idea to shake the snow off the leaves asap instead of leaving it there? thanks! kate xx |
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frost/snow blackening
On 03/01/2011 10:25, kate wrote:
hi i'm a gardening newbie. just got back this morning from xmas away to find all my shrubs looking horrid& black after their time covered with snow will they recover in the spring by themselves? should i prune all the black leaves away (won't be much left!!)? or are they beyond hope? Leave any "dead" plants until at least early June before taking any sort of action. If a plant is alive, it will usually have started into growth by early June. for future reference, is is a good idea to shake the snow off the leaves asap instead of leaving it there? Depends on the plant and whether or not it's the "right type of snow". The worst type of snow is the heavy, very wet snow that falls when the temperature is barely at freezing point. That will hang onto shrub and tree branches, weigh them down, and eventually may break them. This snow will get thicker and heavier if it does melt slightly and then refreeze as ice. Further snow falls will compound the problem. However, if the snow is very dry and light (powder snow), then leave it. It is not heavy enough to weigh branches down, and being composed of a lot of air is a pretty good insulator, thus protecting less hardy plants from very cold temperatures. -- Jeff |
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