Ice on Lagerstroemia (Crape Myrtle). Photo:dvm
My husband captured the current state of a Lagerstroemia (Crape Myrtle) this morning with this photo taken en route to retrieve the newspaper from the drive.
We had a light snow yesterday, tons of rain and awoke to everything bent towards the ground. This crape myrtle was blown over about 3 years ago during a summer thunderstorm, possibly a microburst. Despite being broken off at the base it is recovering pretty well, but has a long way to grow to match the stature of its mate just the other side of the walkway.
In the distance the bright yellow daffodils rest their heads against the earth.
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Oh dear your poor frozen plants. Even the daffodils look thoroughly depressed. I hope you will get some sunshine soon; it will do you and your daffodils good to get a bit of warmth.
Thanks Chloris. We had some nice warm sunny days last week. People around here like to say, “If you don’t like the weather today, just wait until tomorrow. It may be totally different.” Plants are amazing to be able to put up with the changes.
What an amazing photo, wonderful to catch it like this. Will it be ok once it has thawed again, I hope so!
Hi Pauline. I believe the tree will be ok. It’s actually fairly upright. A pair of junipers in the back garden though look past repair. Oh well–an opportunity for something new, right?
That looks very chilly, plants are amazing. I hope some warm sunshine heads your way soon.
Thanks Julie. The sunshine would be very welcome!
Not the kind of glaze you want to see on that beautiful plant.
Most of the ice has melted so hope we can get on with spring. Hope you’ll get some warm days soon also.
Oh dear, I do hope it recovers! (And the daffodils too!) Your winter has indeed been harder than ours this year – how odd. We haven’t had a frost for 2 or 3 nights now, and the forecast for the first day of spring is warm sunshine!
Seems only fair you should have a nice mild winter and early spring. I had gotten used to not having a very bad winter for the last few years, but this certainly is more normal. Poor little daffodils!
What a great photo Susie – well done to your husband for capturing that moment. We have not seen anything like that this winter & are keeping everything crossed that we remain snow & ice free. It sounds like your temperatures and weather are very variable in March.
Thanks Julie, I’ll pass along your nice comments to my husband. I too hope your spring continues forward without icy setbacks. It’s such a nice time to be able to get outside.
I thought you were past pictures like that. Cool, but yuck. Enough already! Those daffodils need sun 🙂
The snow and ice surprised us. Although it had been forecast earlier, the chances seemed very unlikely and then it materialized anyway. Now just cold and wet. The daffodils never knew what hit them and don’t seem eager to get up.
Easy to extend platitudes. Difficult to be close to the tempo of natural events. Because these events are so unplanned and natural at the same time. A gardener gets good practice at making each day a new day. Attitude is no platitude.
That does look very damaging, I hope everything recovers; lucky you picked lots of daffodils for the vase on Monday. BTW Do you prune the side shoots of your crape myrtle? Mine doesn’t flower well and I’ve been told that it is a good idea to prune off the thin wispy side branches to encourage good flowers.
I am glad to have the daffodils indoors. They certainly have taken a hit this year from cold weather. I think the tree will be ok. After the tree broke I was giving it a year to see which branches seem strongest. This year I think I’ll try to cut it back to three main branches. It actually bloomed better last year than the larger mate.
Argh, hate it when that happens. Though it is pretty.
It’s amazing what stress the plants are subjected to. They have nowhere to hide.
How frustrating to start and pause spring with this weather…at least we are delayed with nothing blooming except snowdrops as the snow is covering so much.