who has lost plants

i was just wondering if i am the only one who has lost plants/shrubs/trees do to this drought? i have lost a butterfly maple,a bunch of my tropicals i want to replace,and bunch of my plants too many to name but will have to be replaced next year and hope it will be a better year next year. we are on well water so we are afraid to water because it might go dry, and need the water for laundary,cooking,baths,etc,which i think is more important then flowers right now,plmk what you all have done or am i the onlyone that has let my plants got to have water for the neccesary things that we do everyday
plmk and thxs soooooooo much

Can't say everything is looking good but I have lost nothing. My tabaco didn't work out well this year and my new fruit trees have needed more attn then I really wanted to give them. Other than that everything went fine. We have gotten more rain than you though.

yes i think you have,i was hoping to get some rain and maybe save some of mine that are left but no rain in the forecast boohoo lol oh well i will just have to buy then for next year

Too soon to tell, really. My Dogwoods, Redbud, Buckeye and other shallow-rooted trees suffered pretty severe foliage damage, but the braches are still supple, so I don't think I've lost them yet. Hydrangeas and Anise all struggled, and are showing brown leaves etc., but there's new leaf buds forming below them, so I haven't written them off yet either. I'm hoping just "damaged, not lost" will be the outcome, and next year will be a recovery year! But who knows?

So far I've lost a few Azaleas and some new grass, both planted in the spring. Other than that we have been pretty lucky. I'm not worried about the well running dry. I've been watering almost every day.

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I've watered nearly every day since May, everything except the lawn.
I haven't lost anything except some annuals and a few small perennial flowers.
My crape myrtles didn't bloom well at all and I have a small dogwood that seems pretty bad off. It may not survive.
I feel fortunate, really, considering how dry it has been.
Deb

I didn't lose anything, but one of my tropical gardens that got the least amt of water looks pretty bad. They perked up a bit after the one rain that we got, but it was 3" of rain, so that was good! I have to admit that I was not as good about using the water (from the well) as you were, Moretz for the house! We used paper plates and cups and less showers! I remember standing outside the bathroom door, practically timing my kids when they took a shower....I got so tired of micromanaging the water this summer. Even sent the clothes out to friends to be washed a few times! it was a very tough summer to be a avid gardener this year.

Gosh, if we were on a well the yard would be history. Moretz, surely you remember that long scraggly looking bank from when you visited..I've lost sedums (soooo many), salvias, ivies...even tradescantia didn't make it.

I was dumb enough to plant rhododendrons in August (thought I'd be smart and replace the hydrangeas)....one is definitely crispy...hostas and astibles, etc look awful. Lots of smaller plant's didn't do well either.

Really the only area that looks good is that main tropical area, but I've watered almost every single day. My concern is that a lot of things I've planted could not haave possibly grown enough root structure to survive winter....but I'll see, I guess

BTW, trying again to root tibouchina for you :)

Although I lost a few things. I'm thankful it is a "beginning" garden here so not much to lose. Lost all the new blueberries planted in May and a few of the smaller perennials from the Asheville RU. I wanted to replant blueberries this fall but it's still so dry I decided to wait. I have city water, lousy and expensive.

darius, I should be able to dig some for you in the spring...don't know the variety (we were blessed with lots of them when we bought the house)...but yummmm.

haven't seen ya in awhile, hope you're feeling well :)

Kara, I have spent more time being ill than well since I met you in May so any gardening suffered twice. I hope we have another RU I can attend next spring.

Sorry to hear that darius, please call me if you're ever bored and want someone to listen (if you can shut me up long enough ..lol)

The daughter and I went to the Raleigh RU, what fun..no rain...course no mountains either, but it's not like the little one and I were going hiking or anything :)

I didn't lose anything but the drought actually did me sort of a favor .. once again my Confederate Rose was being ravaged by whiteflies .. I couldn't find a local source for worm castings and didn't really want to pay an arm and a leg and order it off the net.

What the drought did was knock down the whiteflies .. I was amazed! The Confederate Rose hedge has actually bounced back.

X

WOW this makes me feel better lol i thought i was the only one that might have lsot stuff,but i hope it gets better as the winter comes because i want the stuff that is just hanging in there to bounce back or not at least loose it, thxs everyone for sharing,
X i love the deminstration you have done on the corckscrew vine very interesting, mine is in full bloom right now and i wont get any seed pods because mine is in the ground and i have to dig it up to bring it in,and yes i did keep it watered lol because it is one of my tropicals i cant get around here, thxs sharing

Thanks!

I had the severe drought last spring and have had decent, if not normal, rainfall from mid summer on. It is interesting but I have noticed that my coleus, planted last spring before the drought hit, never really recovered from the lack of water back then. They are pitiful this year and should be about 3' but they are barely 15" with few leaves right now. I bit the bullet and was watering regularly and I do mulch heavily so the main damage here was minor.

With the trend of excessive heat and drought becoming the norm, the more vulnerable plants are in the shade and more drought tolerant plants that create shade are encouraged.

Bumping the well pump up to 3hp and still it cannot keep up with the clay ponds drying out, only drought resistant, heat tolerant aquatic plants like iris and hardy waterlilies in those...

Something that caught me out is rodents causing leaks on lined ponds to get water... bumping off the rodents is a new priority...

Regards, andy
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i love your water lilies just gorgeous