jferrier
Mame
Well here in TX we have had the worst drought in our recorded history and have broken many previous high temp records as well with no signs of relief in sight. I water 3 times a day and soil is drying between waterings and this is with most of them in the shade. So for those of you in the warmer areas of the US, I wanted to share what species have done well and which ones are struggling.
These species have not seemed to suffer at all:
Trident maple
Buttonwood- has grown like a weed in full sun
pinus thunbergii
a.p. "Shin Deshojo"
cedrus deodara-
cedrus atlantica
juniperus chinensis "shimpaku"
podocarpus macrophyllus
sequoia sempervirens- much to my surprise has zero heat damage though I keep them misted regularly
These have had some browning/burnt leaves but still healthy:
Acer palmatum- plain green
Acer Palmatum dissectum "Red Dragon"
a.p. dissectum " Inaba Shidare"
a.p. dissectum "Crimson Queen"
pinus edulis
a.p. "bloodgood"
chaenomeles japonica "Texas Scarlet"
These have browned badly and have lots of dried up leaves
a.p. " kamagata"
a.p. "germaines gyration"
taxodium distichum (about half of them are only mildly browned)
These species have not seemed to suffer at all:
Trident maple
Buttonwood- has grown like a weed in full sun
pinus thunbergii
a.p. "Shin Deshojo"
cedrus deodara-
cedrus atlantica
juniperus chinensis "shimpaku"
podocarpus macrophyllus
sequoia sempervirens- much to my surprise has zero heat damage though I keep them misted regularly
These have had some browning/burnt leaves but still healthy:
Acer palmatum- plain green
Acer Palmatum dissectum "Red Dragon"
a.p. dissectum " Inaba Shidare"
a.p. dissectum "Crimson Queen"
pinus edulis
a.p. "bloodgood"
chaenomeles japonica "Texas Scarlet"
These have browned badly and have lots of dried up leaves
a.p. " kamagata"
a.p. "germaines gyration"
taxodium distichum (about half of them are only mildly browned)