freezer burn

11 years ago

last modified: 11 years ago

So this winter these bushes took a beating with the Sub Zero winds that they had sustained. This one in particular got some pretty bad Freezerburns from the looks of this does anyone familiar with shrubs think it has a fighting chance of coming back?

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cj_speciosa
Original Author
11 years ago

Another angle
cj_speciosa
Original Author
11 years ago

The other side
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cj_speciosa
Original Author
11 years ago
The really dark brown ish gray spots are the areas lost last winter do to freezer burn. This winters damage is the yellow ish brown color but will soon fade and turn into that dark grey. I lost more last winter as you can see but I really wasn't counting on losing anymore. I just dont know enough about shrubs to know if this is enough green to sustain the entire bush.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
11 years ago
doenst matter what it is.. get rid of it ...

pics to far away .. to delineate between thuja.. juniper.. etc ...

i have some minor winter damage here in adrian MI ... and we had a z4 winter.. instead of 5 ...

let me suggest.. no matter how bad your z7 winter was.. it wasnt enough to do this ... unless you dipped below 15 below.. for about a week ... that is.. presuming its one of the two i noted above.. if its some more southern plant.. of which i have no experience ... then maybe your winter did it ... but we need to confirm and ID with a better closer pic or two ...

i am wonder if that fence is a new install.. and the tree is on the south side of it ... or whether there was any major soil work done in the area ...

freezer burn is very descriptive.. but not the right term ... but i am blanking on it right now ...

there is nothing to save.. unless you want a little green ball 6 feet in the air ...

is there any chance you fert these plants .... late into fall???? .. and maybe they didnt harden off for your winter ...???

that second from last pic.. sure looks like that fence was jammed in there ... and such could alter winter wind flow ... hmmmm

ken
cj_speciosa
Original Author
11 years ago
Nothing different about the environment except the fact that we had two winters with sub zero wind chill temps. That's it. Those trees have been planted next to that fence for ten years. No problems. That one particular bush is positioned in such a way that it gets all of the wind funneled into it's direction. No fertilizer burn, etc. They have thrived there for a decade until the past two years. When I tell you it's freezer burn, believe me, it's freezer burn.

Anyway, you answered my question. Unfortunately it's not what I wanted to hear, but I knew that was going to be the answer anyway. Not really a tree and shrub guy. I'm into to growing other things. Figured I'd ask.