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Leaves brown and dead from a winter snow/ice storm

dtague7835qkj0Bay2dtague7835qkj0Bay2 Posts: 1
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I have several Photinia bushes at least 8 ft tall.  We usually have mild winters here in NWA.  But early February we got a cold spell that was rain changing to snow and Ice and left all our bushesl/trees covered in snow/ice for several days tell melted.  Once melted all the leaves on the Photinias are dark and dried up, like they are dead.  Also my Holy trees dropped most of their leaves from the ice/snow on them.  Is there anyway of saving them and will they come out of it and get new growth now that it's spring time.  I scraped the bark on Holly trees and Photinia and still see green underneath.  So not giving up hope yet.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    You just have to be patient and wait for the new growth to come thru later this spring.  

    Leave everything alone for now.  Once the worst of the frosts and bad weather are over and buds start to burst you can then prune back to healthy new growth.  Leaving the deadened shoots and stems on till then will protect the new buds.
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Not sure where NWA is, but that's how those Photinias look here where I am after most winters. Wet cold is always bad for them, and much worse after cold weather. They need reasonably reliable warmth and moisture, and good drainage,  to do well. 
    Holly is much tougher, and it's odd if they've dropped so much foliage, but plants acclimatise to their general conditions, so if they're used to a milder climate most of the time, it'll hit them harder.
    You'll just have to wait and see, as @Obelixx says, and don't be tempted to cut stuff back until you see recovery   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited March 2023
    North west Australia maybe?   Probably not,  it’s summer there.
    Difficult  to answer when we haven’t a clue. 
    They don’t do well here. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Northern part of America possibly @Lyn. The variation there will be huge in terms of climate/conditions.
    I regularly go past gardens with them. There's one in particular which has a row of standards along the front. I was just thinking yesterday how awful they look - bare and covered in black spot. Worse than ever. They need quite specific conditions to do well. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 284
    I googled NWA.....“Northwest Arkansas (NWA) is a metropolitan area and region in Arkansas within the Ozark Mountains.”  Maybe?



    Nottinghamshire.
    Failure is always an option.

  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Funny thing google.  I googled NWA also, all I got was "Niggaz Wit Attitude" and "National Wrestling Alliance".
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
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  • SherwoodArrowSherwoodArrow Posts: 284
    I put “where is NWA” not just NWA  :)
    Nottinghamshire.
    Failure is always an option.

  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Perhaps they’ll come back and tell us . Can’t help without all the relevant facts .
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