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[SeanHHH]

This is decidedly off-topic Tyler but who better than the vast unpaid research department for thoughts and opinions?

First time at the Bluff house since the freeze event. Something is keeping me from cutting back all the plants that appear dead. I am optimistic that some will come back.

So, here is what is in the yard. Let us hear your thoughts on what will and will not green up again. And if it needs to be trimmed back.

Grapefruit tree (will hate to lose this wonderful tree, the fruit is awesome)
Orange tree (two in the yard, fruit is spotty year to year)
Bougainvillea
Esperanza
Oleander

The wandering jew is coming back, as is the asparagus fern.

So here I sit worrying about plants. Too windy to splash the boat today, maybe tomorrow.

[Johninaustin]

Well, I can tell you what is dead up here in Austin. I spent the morning gutting the front flower bed.


Lantana, Esperanza, Sago palm, Pistachio tree, peach tree, lemon tree, (which died inside the garage in a pot) Aloe Vera, Prickly pear, (good riddance) all the wife's roses regardless of variety and all the oak seedlings I had started.

Pretty much anything in a pot died because it flooded and then froze into a block of dirty ice.

Considering what plants are now costing at the local Home Depot, the yard is going to be pretty barren for a while.

[LoneOak]

My experience from here in San Antonio, Cut back esperanza, roses, They have started to rebloom. Neighbors grapefruit appears deader than a doornail. My gardener fellow says some of the segos are green inside and he cut back all the dead stuff.
Good luck.
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[deputydawg]

I have no idea. Most of my stuff in humble is alive but I was able to protect most of it. Hope yours survives.

I think I just saw you over on TBH. I dont post much but im Doug over there.

[Central Scrutinizer]

[Fishbrains]

If it hasn't shown signs of life by now then it's probably dead. I have two apple trees that were already blooming, after the storm passed they looked dead. I watered them every day for a few days and they started to show signs of life. Now they are blooming again and looking healthy.

Peaches and pear trees were blooming too. The pears survived, 2 of 5 peach trees look dead other than a couple of leaves on the sucker branches at the base.

I could not find any good info online whether to cut the dead branches back after the freeze or not. Took a chance cutting back would be the thing to do on two of the three surviving peach trees. Time will tell if that was a wise decision.

[surffan]

I have a place in Georgetown and one in Rockport. Most of the plants in Gtwn are going to be ok as they were native or well adapted even with single digit temp. Peach, pear and almonds bloomed better than last 2-3 years. Roses and crepe myrtle likely ok. Redbud doing ok also.

Tropicals in Rockport took a hit even with some effort to protect. I'm too old to move large pots quickly into garage anymore. Lost mangos, pineapples, plumeria and other tropical potted plants. Orange maybe okay but may just come back below graft and be trash. Bananas and some palms I have cut back and waiting.

Have garlic/Chinese chives in ground and pots in both places some took a hit more than others but all are coming back. Some spots of them in sheltered spots in Gtwn look like nothing happened. Those things are tough can survive single digit freeze, drought and 100+ temps just fine.

[Rebecca of Sunnybrookfarm]

good riddance to the oleander; those things are toxic...replace them with texas sage and more esperanza's...
becky
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[BayFly]

It appears there is at least one variety of a tall fan palm in Corpus Christi survived very well. Anyone know what the name of it is?

I lost a huge leather leaf palm in a large pot in Corpus, but my very old Sago palms in very large pots survived in Austin, surprisingly enough! I have three dead Chinese fan palms which were at least 20 years old, but one new growth behind two of them is starting to grow new leaves!

[Donnie]

We had two fruit trees left at our house - and both look pretty gone. The beautiful lady who lived in our house before us, was very talented at growing and taking excellent care of them. The sweetest oranges i have had in my 68 years came from that tree, and we also had a mexican lime tree of some sort - i thought it was too sour, but some mexican friends that worked in our neighbor hood, had seen them while working at the next house over and asked if they could share them. They would come by with baskets ever so often and pick them. There were also 3 peach trees - that died i believe in 2004 or so , the fruit were big and so very sweet - i know the lady had a touch with plants, but passed away - which was why her hubby was selling this house. I wish i knew what she did to produce those great bearing fruit trees - whether she knew and bought only the best , or how she tended them. I did nothing extra - and each of those trees produced like i said very delicious fruits . Those two that apparently died in this freeze were survivors from that lady's work. I am going to keep my eye on those two last trees - but they look pretty bad.
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[greenhornet2]

Just now getting some tiny buds at the base of our fruit trees, hope that doesn't mean they will have to be cut down to that level.

[Rxfire]

Depending on the type of fruit tree, those shoots at the base of trees may be "root shoots" of the root variety, rather than the fruiting variety that was grafted to the roots.
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[SeanHHH]

Checking in to see if any Bluff or Bluff area citrus trees are showing signs of life.

[Rxfire]

My avocado trees just put up shoots last week. I was ready to chop them down and dig up the stumps...

None of our citrus (lemons limes, kumquats) have sprouted out.
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[SeanHHH]