Diana I am so happy that your are ok and no damage to the house. Your brugs will come back and even if you lost plants, they can be replaced. Your well being is all that matters.

That does not mean that shedding tears is not in order. I know the feeling somewhat when your garden looks like the season is already over because of storm damage.

HUGS

Lucy

I saw pics of the damage this morning. I'm glad to hear your only damage was to the landscape. Not sure what was lost but the brugs will surprise you at how fast they regenerate.

Bless your heart ! I am so sorry. I hope they bounce back and bloom double time for you :) Glad your home was spared, and your family is safe.

O Diane, I am sorry. I would be crying too. BUt thank GOD you guys are OK. Second that on the house! The brugs will grow back! Landscaping trees, well..lotsa firewood! lol

My little town made the national news huh? Well it is a cute place, more people should know about it. I was watching last night's news edition and saw that some areas in town were so severely hit by this storm that the homes are uninhabitable. I have to keep reminding my husband and myself that we were blessed not to have incurred more damage.
The perennials are lost for the year, some just in full bloom. Many of my annuals will come back, they still have 2 months of growing season. Potted tropicals that had just bloomed got smashed, but I still have buds on my passionflower vines! I saved a couple potted tomatoes and green beans rushing out into the hail to pull them under the patio table.
I do the bulk of my veggie gardening at a community garden .8 mile away and that location got hail, but nothing so damaging as what was at my house, so I still have veggies growing. The pumpkins have some dents though (; and I need to stake up some corn stalks.
Yeah, so all in all it could've been worse and I'm giving some basil to my girlfriend whose garden was totally lost. She's really sad!

Thank the Lord that it missed your home, and that ya'll are OK with only plant damage.

Sorry for the other less fortunate residents.

Glad you made it through the storm safely! Prayers to those who were not as fortunate! It is wonderful how gardeners rally around each other to help each other out.

So sorry for your damage, mother nature can be
ruff sometime, but I am so thankful you are safe!
Susan

Thanks for all your kind responses. For me the shock is wearing off, now that power is back and I have someone who can cut my sad tree down. For the neighbor across the street with a tree still lodged in the middle of his chimney, it's not over yet. I brightened his day today though and invited him to the backyard to see the owl perched up in a still intact tree!

Diane thank goodness you and your family are safe.. My Prayers go out for those not as fortunate.. If your plants don't recover please let me know and I will try to help you replace them..

Kylie

Diane, sending good thoughts & PRAYERS YOUR WAY! I HOPE YOUR PLANTS RECUPERATE!

THERESA

Oh Kylie, that's such a loving offer, thank you. I've trimmed the leaves off the brugs and there are some little tufts left at the tops. I'm sure the trees will survive. Who knows, a little pruning may be a good thing?
I wonder though if I should fertilize, and if so, weakly? or regular strength? I don't want to stress them out further.
Anyone know?
Diane

Diane,
Im so sorry to hear of the damage, thank GOD you and yours
are safe.

Karen

I'm so sorry that your plants got stripped, but I'm glad to read that you and the family are well! I'll have fall plants to share too, let me know.

Pam

Diane,
I don't know about the fertilizing, but I am glad you and yours are okay. When you love to garden and put so much of yourself into it, it is really hard when something like this happens. We had quite and wind and rainstorm the other night and I kept thinking...please don't knock those Y's off my brugs. Still waiting on my first blooms.
I love Colorado and love Wheat Ridge. I have many fond memories of working at Keystone and Arapahoe Ski Resorts.
I hope your plants will surprise you and come back bigger and better than ever!!!
Joyce

Diane,
I am catching up this morning.
Sorry, I just read about the storm. I hope things are coming back together.
And that you and your gardens are feeling better.
I know the damage a storm can cause.
((BIG HUGS))
Dorothy