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Post by ahntjudy on Jan 28, 2018 11:45:33 GMT -5
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 28, 2018 15:12:31 GMT -5
A neighbors tree and our pink lady apple tree are doing that too. I figured it was weather related, too. From this article it sounds like they don't really have a clear idea to the cause of the "marcescence" (what they are calling dry leaf retention) but they suspect it protects leaf buds from moisture removal. It has been very dry here this fall/winter and warmer than usual too. So that would make sense. I'm wondering, then, why more trees aren't holding on to dry leaves this year!! Thanks for the link ahntjudy, Who knew there was a name for that?! |
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Post by ahntjudy on Jan 28, 2018 17:37:59 GMT -5
I've noticed a bunch of other Japanese Maples and more trees around here, other than oaks, retaining their leaves...
I talked to my tree...she told me she would be ok...and thanked me for all the snow I piled on for her so far... ;)
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 28, 2018 17:41:54 GMT -5
thanked me for all the snow I piled on for her so far...  I do that too!!! I shovel every hard surface and throw it on growing things. But we've had only one snow fall this year, so we've watered as well. |
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Post by ahntjudy on Jan 28, 2018 17:46:51 GMT -5
It's a good thing my neighbors know me well... Strangers would just look at me oddly and wonder why I was either pushing it or carrying the snow on the shovel and walking down the driveway to the tree instead of just making a pile more nearby... I'll never change... |
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Post by desertwoman on Jan 28, 2018 18:02:17 GMT -5
You're making me laugh. A snow shoveling sister. Love it!!
And why would you change when you have found a perfect solution?!!
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Post by Mumsey on Jan 29, 2018 5:54:17 GMT -5
Our Hot Wings Maple trees still have some leaves too. Dry but hanging on!
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Post by ahntjudy on Jan 29, 2018 17:09:19 GMT -5
Mumsey...I just looked up 'Hot Wings Maple Tree' as I was unfamiliar with that... How beautiful it must be when the 'noses' are in full color...
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Post by Mumsey on Jan 29, 2018 19:06:39 GMT -5
ahntjudy, They are small trees yet so they haven't made many little red wings. They are cute the few we had!
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Post by lisaann on Feb 4, 2018 12:34:17 GMT -5
ahntjudy, The same thing happened here with the Japanese Maples and some other varieties of Maples. The leaves never fell because we received a Hard 18 degree freeze........... BEFORE we got a series of normal milder killing frosts, which is the normal process of things around here.  100_2776 by shallon stryker, on Flickr
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Post by wheelgarden1 on Feb 4, 2018 16:42:32 GMT -5
Noticing more of this too, with our Maples and others. The Beeches do it every year, but they are even more flush with brown this winter.
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Post by wheelgarden1 on Feb 5, 2018 19:35:31 GMT -5
Squirrels and others take great advantage of this. Their nests often appear thin and threadbare, but dry-retentive leaves and a good bit of fur are good enough for those hardy creatures.
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Post by wheelgarden1 on Nov 11, 2018 17:50:09 GMT -5
We planted two Pin Oaks from the Arbor Day Society 27 years ago. One got a bit undergrown for a while with sawbrier, honeysuckle, and such. It was freed a few years ago, and now taking proper form.
The other one had no such issues. 40 feet and growing, it's the centerpiece of our backyard, doing the horizontal branching and fine crown that oaks do. Never had an oak grow so big, so fast. Gorgeous tree.
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Post by desertwoman on Nov 11, 2018 18:18:05 GMT -5
Oh how I'd love an oak tree wheelgarden1 , Lucky you. They just don't grow here. You have to go further north closer to the Colorado border to find oaks growing. |
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Post by binnylou on Nov 11, 2018 19:02:39 GMT -5
When growing up, the house I lived in had a huge elm on the back side of the house and there was four trees between the front sidewalk and the unpaved street. The house stayed cool all day because of those shade trees. The elm died and when the highway came through, the four trees in front of the house were taken. What a change. Mom had no shade, so I bought and planted a pin oak between the sidewalk and the house. I caught so much crap about that tree...it's going to ruin the foundation was the main complaint from a couple of my siblings. The house had no foundation...It was sitting on limestone rocks. The tree grew and mom had some shade as she sat on her front porch. Mom passed away, my brothers own the house, the tree stood. Now my sister has bought the house and the tree is a grand specimen. I don't know the plans for the house, but I'll be surprised if the tree gets to stay.
I guess I'm just a "tree person".
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