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Monday, March 31, 2014
Palm Trees In The Snow: Still Surviving A Few Months Later
At the end of last year, St. George was slammed with an out-of-charater snow storm that was thought to have killed off the expensive palm trees and other plants. KUTV's Ladd Egan reported that between 60-80% of the trees would be lost.
My friend Sloan Harlin was interviewed by Egan: KUTV: Cold Weather Kills Palm Trees In St. George I asked Sloan a couple of follow-up questions about the consensus of the foliage, and he said:
This certainly is the worst plant damage we have seen in some time, but I don't think as much stuff died as many people think. Most of the plants are just severely damaged. They will need all of the damaged limbs pruned off, but [they] will regrow. But of course, there are some that are totally dead. We haven't seen temperatures that low for… 80 years or so.
I found that quite a few palm trees looked pretty shabby, but there were also signs of a will to thrive:
My friend Sloan Harlin was interviewed by Egan: KUTV: Cold Weather Kills Palm Trees In St. George I asked Sloan a couple of follow-up questions about the consensus of the foliage, and he said:
This certainly is the worst plant damage we have seen in some time, but I don't think as much stuff died as many people think. Most of the plants are just severely damaged. They will need all of the damaged limbs pruned off, but [they] will regrow. But of course, there are some that are totally dead. We haven't seen temperatures that low for… 80 years or so.
I found that quite a few palm trees looked pretty shabby, but there were also signs of a will to thrive:
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