Did my bushes die?

[wayne]

If so, why would they? 6 bushes total. They're not boxwood, but some kind of Japanese/Chinese hedge type similar to boxwood. They were trimmed in the fall and all six have new growth from after they were trimmed. They've never lost all of their leaves. Per Google: I cut some of the bark looking for some green. No green, but the inside of the bark wasn't dry.

 

[Chapman]

Maybe the cold weather froze them? Maybe they will come back from the roots if you give them some time.

 

[JN]

Yup cold weather. I have several that did not make it through the cold and the ones that did the deer destroyed. Last year when we had the cold spell in April it killed a jap maple that was about 20 years old.

 

[MickThompson]

Looks like I lost all my nandinas in front of the house too

 

[cbhunter]

Same problem and I think same bushes

 

[Kimber45]

Yep we lost 2 sizeable shrubs. 1st for us..

 

[Bambi Buster]

Looks like I lost all my nandinas in front of the house too

I only had one, but the Christmas Eve freeze appears to have terminated it with extreme prejudice.

 

[RUGER]

It was due to the flash freeze we experienced.
It wasn’t as much the temperature but more so the sudden drop.

Give it another few weeks and then you will know for sure if it’s dead.

 

[BSK]

My Japanese Boxwoods at home came through the winter OK, but the outer branches all froze and turned brown. My Japanese Boxwoods at our cabin in Humphreys County all died. Combination of being stressed by the drought and then the extreme cold (16 degrees).

 

[shelbydeer]

I am afraid the cold killed mine too, all the leaves fell off

 

[Carlos]

We've got a row of Leyland Cypress, about 75 yards long, and they all look dead.
The stems seem green and seem alive, but the foliage has all turned brown.

 

[Malo1ke]

Looks like I lost all my nandinas in front of the house too

Most nandinas Ive seen are toast.

 

[Gravey]

I think I’ve lost at least one too but gonna let it go a little longer and see what happens before tearing it out.

 

[DaveB]

we lost all azaleas. Some were over 25 years old. We have one that has about 15 scraggly leaves on the very top.

a 30 foot tall Leyland cypress. We planted a row of ten when we moved in 993. This is the last of them.

all the Monkey grass is dead but some is trying to make a comeback, how sad.

bunch of other shrubs that have never even lost leaves in winter are still dead.

The warm temps have brought out some life on otherwise dead growth. One pair of leaves and no other green for a foot in either direction when normally you cannot see wood.

We lost a lot of other perennial flowers-looks like all the peonies mums glads.

Not going to replace anything. Will remove the dead stuff and leave pretty garden soil ready for next occupant.

A very expensive winter.

 

[Andy S.]

Mine look the same and I am in SW TN. I suspect the extreme temps at Christmas stung them so to speak. I'll be anxious to see what the next 6 weeks brings. I may have to dig them up and replace.

 

[tellico4x4]

Concerned for some of mine in NW AL too.

 

[rifle02]

Looks like I lost all my nandinas in front of the house too

Nandina! Yes I couldn't remember what they were called until you used the name. Mine look awful with basically no leaves. I'm hoping that they will come back.

 

[TN Song Dog]

Dealing with much of the same. Was told they may not be dead by 2 different horticulture people. Said to wait and see before doing anything.

 

[DaveB]

I have an azalea with flowers.....ONLY across the top. Weird and not even could be called handsome.

 

[TNRifleman]

Our azaleas appear dead mostly as well. I read somewhere that the freeze was so bad and so extended that its possible the shrubs we had gone dormant and did not actually die. What I read said not to dig and replace them this year but if they don't come back next year, you'll know they're dead.