Such an early spring is not always a good thing.......

ah :(
the same with my apricot tree… and now we have to wait another year and cross our fingers again :(

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Oh, I wish you did not lose them, Iris. Those magnolia blooms were beautiful. I just hope the bushes (and Debbie’s apricot tree) themselves are unharmed and will be blooming for you again next year. Sometimes gardening can be so frustrating.

-- "To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." M. Gandhi

I’m so sorry to hear about your buds, Iris. I can understand your devastation.

I haven’t checked mine yet. ... just a minute….

.... so far, the magnolia that I have seems to be okay. It is a very late bloomer. I was worried about the tree peonies, but they look to be okay. Time will tell.

The rhodos seem to be okay as well.

-- jroot ....... Southern Ontario .......... grow zone 5A ...................."Gardening is an exercise in optimism." ....... . . Author Unknown

I felt really bad to see what the frost had done to the trees, but I knew this would probably happen. It was way too early to think we would not get more frosty nights. We have three full moons to get through bf May 2-4.

Jroot, I am able to cover all my peony trees (they are still small enough to put a pail or some other protection over them). The magnolias have gotten too big for me to cover them with anything. I know there is a type of magnolia that blooms later. My yellow on seems to be like that as the one bud (:D) it has this year seems ok. We’ll see.

Robin, having the blooms freeze on these trees does not seem to harm the trees. Maybe even good for them as they will not have to support the bloom. So sorry about MsDeb’s apricots though. That is a whole year bf another crop.

Although it’s frustrating when one loses blooms after a whole year of waiting, not as devastating as losing a food crop due to having the buds freeze.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

good thing I have other fruit trees…

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Watch the buds on your other trees, MsDeb. The unseasonal temps have forced so many trees too early.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

the plum tree was ready to bud out but I think they’ve held back now… please, please, please….

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)

Iris sorry to hear damage to magnolia and others. They were looking so good. Will they not flower again when the weather warms up by next month?
Debbie, sorry to see the loss of the precious apricot. Has such things happen before?

Sharad

-- Bagwan-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

They did look promising, didn’t they, Sharad. No, they will not set buds again this spring. Magnolias set their buds in the previous year, and then bloom first thing come spring. However, the tree will be ok. The leaves, which come much later than the flower buds will still grow and feed the tree for another year.

-- 'To plant a Garden is to believe in Tomorrow'

it’s the risk plants take in Canada. I really do need to look into buying some early/late varieties of fruit trees to help cover all the bases.

-- - Debbie, SW Ontario Canada (USDA Hardiness Zone: 5a)