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| Not too bad...except for one plant.
Burning bush fell victim to rabbits, no surprise but what was surprising is that one of the canes (about 2" thick) was stripped of the bark like a dog would lick a plate...it was almost impressive. If that cane dies out, I guess I can but something more interesting in there. How did you fare? |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Mon, Mar 8, 10 at 12:11
| yes... yes i have.. and i am still snow blind... carp should be snow free in a few days .... and then i will go out there.. WITH EYES WIDE OPEN i doubt your burning bush is going to expire from some little turd machine .... which.. BTW.. golden retrievers like to much on... leading to rather interesting breathe later in the evening ... idiot ... but i think i digress ... lol ... IMHO.. an otherwise healthy burning bush.. can be stubbed to 3 inches.. and survive... i doubt the rabbit will have any effect on its long term health .... ken |
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| No. The snow has just melted, and im afraid to take a yard survey, plan on doing that this weekend. Invariably, the rabbits get to something. I put chicken wire cages around newer plantings, we'll see. I've planted some stuff that is marginally hardy, zone 7 plants - but we had plenty of snow cover before it got real cold, we'll see what springs to life. |
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| I went out before the snow melted...its all melted and soggy out there now. Several Fiesta Forsythia branches snapped..dang there goes those flowers. |
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- Posted by hollygrove 6b MD USA (My Page) on Fri, Mar 12, 10 at 15:59
| Yes. Despite rain and days of pleasant weather, the record snowfall of this year is still around in piles in shady spots. One large (6') English boxwood is split and broken. I'm going to take it down (what's left to be taken down) to about 2' and let it grow back. There is significant breakage on azaleas, rhodies, and the smaller crape myrtles. The real puzzle is what to do about the Japanese umbrella pine, since it is quite a mess and doesn't tend to grow back and fill in. We need to decide whether to pretend it has "character" in its current state or to replace it -- with another Japanese umbrella pine. |
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