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Why wasn't the shrubbery (boxwood?), damaged?

Moses

I would vote that there is hope. I would water heavily for now,and then prune them down very low in winter so they can regenerate. I’d be super upset.

I would *conditionally* vote on the "hope" side. It does depend on the amount of exposure to RU. If it was just drift, or even evaporate (high temps and humidity can cause the RU to be carried as micro-droplets up until the initial application has completely dried), then yes, you should water copiously and cross your fingers. However, if they received any direct spray (droplets or mist), it will be more iffy. But unless you actually saw RU on the foliage, you have no way of knowing the actual dosage the plants got. So I'd still vote on the side of trying to save them. If nothing else, if they don't produce new foliage in the next couple of months, being in CA you have a pretty big window for replacing them. Unless money is no issue for you (it is for me! lol), then I'd try to save them.

EDIT: Moses, different plants have different tolerances for RU. Roses unfortunately are some of the MOST sensitive. Evergreens with thick, glossy foliage are some of the least affected. That's not a hard and fast rule, but for instance, RU has practically NO effect on Engligh ivy. It takes physical mutilation of the leaves and multiple applications of RU to even mildly affect E. ivy. Boxwood is intermediate to low in its sensitivity.

I‘m now giving regular deep water and will wait intil Oct. while I keep my fingers crossed.

Many thanks to all who responded. I appreciate your wisdom and taking time to help.

I have this happen and some came back with varying results. A few died. Fig, what would you suggest for getting rid of ivy Outside of digging up all the roots which is what I currently do but I have a lot of it.

@Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley I hate to recommend ANY weedkiller, but sometimes you just gotta. Ivy is a plague. I've had some luck killing ivy on the ground by running a leaf rake vigorously through the leaves, trying to do as much damage as possible without actually stripping the leaves off the vine, then spraying with brush killer (not necessarily RU). I've also stomped through the ivy with golf cleats before treating it, lol. I've heard some people run a lawn mower set at a height to just barely touch the ivy for the same purpose. The idea is to leave a wound, a cut edge, or crushed leaf, in order to give the brush killer or RU access to the inner leaf tissue. You want to do as much physical damage as possible BEFORE you spray. That glossy finish on the leaves otherwise acts like impervious armor. By the way, don't do a huge area at once. Not only will the cuts and abrasions dry out and become resistant again before you can spray, but it's easier to manage any chemical in a smaller area. I'll warn you now, though, that it will take more than one treatment. If you're chemical averse (brush killer is nothing to play around with), then continually pulling and digging is the only alternative.

If you have ivy on trees or the house (like I did), then there's really no way to get ahead of it other than manually stripping it off. Ugh.

I've been through that on the house and trees! Between ivy and the grapes I'm good with my shovel. I guess I'll just continue continuing on. The RUV that damage damage my roses was not put with my permission it was clearing out a huge area when I was on baking and my helper decided that would do it! It really persisted in the bogey soil Roses that were then planted in it. Some of it must have drifted away over the house and over the backyard and even affected cuttings it was Making.

Meant to say when I was on vacation not baking! LOL!

Martin,

Roses are very resilent to even weed killer.

Since tgey were established roses with deep roots and look oartially green, most likely all or most of them will come back. I would defibtely wait until next season & if they grow ”no green canes,” then remove only. Presently, I would give them weekly watering of Alaska Fish Fertilizer & Alaska Morbloom fish fertilizer, mixed. It will revitalize the best of any fertilizer. I do that to revive any rose! It is miraculous! . Also, plenty of water washes the chemicals away.

Best Wishes!

Happy Gardening!

Delighted Followup on my sickend Icebergs and wonderful Julia Childs. Thank eveyone who encourged me to have hope. I did little but gave them lots of water. some still struggling, but see my delight…and thank you all again !!

Marti

after

Before

will put in a few new Julia’s to replace the ones that were lost.