Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Hail damaged Brugs, 1 by Vee8ch

Vee8ch wrote:
Holey Moley what a hail storm! I lived in Colorado for 12 years and I know how scary and destructive storms are in that part of the world. Except for hurricanes I've never experienced anything more scary compared to thunderstorms and wind and hail out west. Freaky stuff for sure.

Hopefully this girdle will add to your assurance of the toughness of brugs. This is a braid of 3 trunks tied with knee high hose. The tree is almost 3 years old about 8-9 feet tall. You can see that the hose is deeply imbedded. This past February we had a surprise 2 night 31 degree freeze that totally killed one of the three trunks. The other two are deeply pitted from the bark being turned to slimey mush. In spite of the now scarred and pitted bark new growth from the tops took over. It's beginning to look like a real tree again.