What plants will be alive after all this snow melts?

Oh no! That's really sad :(

I've got a small Japanese Maple in front of the front door steps that is still completely buried.. and I'm worried about it too.

venu209, Heartbreak. So sorry. Nothing you can do except build a tepee for them in the fall, which always seems so strange to see, but I assume it works for small things. Patti

Ohh, a Crimson Queen JM! I thought it was the hydrangea, lol!

- gee, the Jersey Shore doesn't seem to be a good JM habitat.. too much punishment during the wintertime it seems.

Doesn't add up WC, Wha has heaps of JMs, and USUALLY his winters are more brutal than mine. Won't stop me from planting more though :)

Wow, Louise. You took some hard hits. Sorry to see what the storms did there.

I know Louise, you're right, wha's winters should be more brutal .. sorry you got clobbered this year!
- glad you're not giving up! ☺

Geez, sorry Weeze....maybe you can wrap Atrolineare and it will heal together

weeze i had a one the broke like yours a few years back - you "may" be able to wrap the split with plant tape and it will heal. if not there looks to be good growth around it so it will live on just take some time. my condolences, hate it when that happens

I'll try wrapping it. Does it help to apply something like root hormone to promote the heal?

Ouch.....that's a lot of damage!

do not believe it helps - you may want to give the branches some support to keep the split in place - this is a long shot - if there is enought other growth cutting off the split branches would have all of the plants energy go to new growth.

So sorry Weeze, you did get slammed this year (and last) , hopefully they will ALL bounce back! :)

Tons of deer this winter. Afraid what it will look like. In the past they have chomped entire JM's. Would love a coyote. Or a wolf.

Both!

Yes, I'm not picky.

Two Boys=Two Bows = Lots of venison steaks. Patti

Can't happen soon enough!

It only happens in my dreams, sadly.

So sorry about the snapped CQ :( Sometimes gardening can be so heart-breaking. I haven't seen any deer in my yard yet, but I'm worried how things are faring in the 3 feet of icy snow. Plus, hubby kept raking off the roof, dumping huge piles on top of foundation plantings. Grrr.

hope everything is ok soj!

My neighbor admitted he's feeding the deer....21 back there yesterday! However, if he keeps them in deer kibble, they should leave my JMs alone...I hope.....

Not nice, once they move in.......

That's acctionable in NYS.

All those deer ticks.

your neighbor is nuts - deer ticks are an issue

Thats not smart, those deer ticks will be every where.

There is jail time and huge fines for people caught feeding deer. It should be a unilateral law.

I agree. People are not helping by feeding the deer.

Deer ticks are already all over the place here......yes, I'm surprised he's feeding them, he had a hunter come in & shoot some of his coyotes....of course, new ones just come & take their places! And the coyotes keep the deer at bay.....

I have no problem feeding them castor bean seeds.

Arsenic and old lace.......

When I was in art class yesterday, a dozen or so deer were prancing in the teacher's back yard......she has taken her house off the market....whoo hoo! We were so afraid she's join her daughter in Boulder, but her daughter has decided to move back to CT.....

Robindog, You sound like you are finally feeling well again. Double whoo hoo! What kind of art are you doing. I am going back up to Boston on Friday to work on more pottery. That is keeping me sane and centered.

Dogs were going nuts last night around 4:00am, so it must have been deer up close to the house. I am afraid to go out and see what they destroyed. DH let the dogs out the back door where it is fenced, so the deer no doubt just ignored their barking knowing they couldn't get out and chase them. I put a pillow over my head and ignored them too. Patti

Enough snow has melted that I can see the damage the weight to ice and snow has done. All branches gone on this tree peony, I think only one of my 6 survived, 10 roses snapped to ground, 3 JM just broken, the list goes on.

Much too painful to contemplate.

Oh, dem, so sorry! Tree peonies are gorgeous....have you been to Cricket Hill? Patti, have fun at the studio, I'm still doing watercolors.....my teacher is a well-known botanical artist, she's a great teacher, very inspiring......we are doing trees right now, until our gardens are growing again!

The weather report said we would have winds up to 60 mph tomorrow. At least the things still under snow will be safe...

Not going to be a fun flight to Hyannis in the morning, white knuckle time. Patti

This is from Ct flower show from my phone, left the camera home ( I know.....stupid) hard to see, but this is a pond.

From flower show today