Omar, my coral honeysuckle is dying at the very top, and I did not have a hail problem either. Maybe just a change in the way our temps have been, more rain than usual................who knows? I am just ging to keep an eye on mine and hope for the best as I have no answers.

Ragna, my Bubba willow is not looking as perky as usual either, but the one that is almost 25 years old is doing great (not a Bubba, cannot remember the name of it).

Omar and Carrie, thank you for responding.

Anyone else?

My hunch on the Desert Willow- too much rain. They like it dry and this is one summer that hasn't been.

Lisa

Lisa, I think you may be right. Now if I had received some responses saying "My 'Bubba' desert willow is glorious from all this rain" I might have considered taking it out.

Another tree that I dearly love that didn't take kindly to all the rain is the graceful Shoe string acacia from Australia. It hasn't grown at all this summer, but it's alive and has a few blooms.

Our native Retama takes rain or drought in stride and is doing great. All the other trees and shrubs have grown by leaps and bounds.

what happened to your desert will roselee?

It just kept looking worse and worse so I took it out. It's decline may have had to do with the hail damage on the trunk, which some plants just can't seem to recover from, as well as too much rain and perhaps simply not liking that particular location.

Eric's observation was that plants, or in some cases large limbs, took a couple of years to die when the bark was badly scarred. This seems to be the case with the dwarf youpon holly hedge in front. The bushes that were exposed to the hail and have scared branches are slowly dying. The ones protected by trees are fine.

On the other hand the native red honey suckle recovered well and is doing great. .