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Aug 17th, 2010
Aug 17th, 2010
Are my plants dead after a frost?
I live in Tennessee and we had nice warm weather so I planted some shrubs and flowers. We then had a big freeze and I woke up to my leaves wilted on my plants and my flowers dead. I have had other shubs out there for over a year. My question is even though the leaves wilted off of my shrubs, are the plants dead, or will they sprout new leaves. It’s been about a month since the freeze and my plants look the same. Do I just need to pull them up and plant new shrubs or will they come back?
It really depends on the plant and its responses to the environment. Some will die, some will grow again, some will grow, but not till next spring. You can find out by checking your plants “hardiness” or “cold tolerance” you should find these specs on the containers you bought the plants with or freely on the net.
living in the north east we get this problem alot
just let them rest for about a week
see if they spring back
take the dead leaves and buds off and let them thrive
you can give them a little plant food if you want they will need all the help they can get
If you brake a piece of twig off and it cracks then it is gone, if it is though to break and still green in side the it is still good. As far as flowers yes replace them.