...from the vicious winter bite at Easter.
I am happy to report on positives after excessive grousing about the negatives. Here are some pictures of plants that shrugged when the low 20s Fahrenheit were visited upon them.
Cladrastis kentukea foliage...
Cladrastis kentukea crown shot...
Most of the damaged plants were introduced exotics, but here's one that seems to have done just fine.
Quercus dentata new shoot extensions...
But most unscathed were native trees and shrubs.
Nyssa sylvatica new growth...
Then there were the nut trees.
Carya cordiformis unfurling its treasures...
Let's not forget the thorny devils.
Gleditsia triacanthos with its fine fresh fernlike foliage...
There were plenty of shrubs who had their mettle tested. Of course, one must appreciate that many Viburnum held their own.
Viburnum rufidulum; this is 'Royal Guard'...
Viburnum dentatum; this is Indian Summer™ arrowwood, buds forward...
Viburnum nudum var. angustifolium, a narrow leaved form of the Possumhaw viburnum (or Shawnee haw, Witherod, or Wild Raisin)...
Another arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum Red Feather™, with a bit more ephemeral interest in its emergent elegance...
Last one for now; another tree with which I find favor, and is known by far too few.
Quercus michauxii...
