Worst before & after ever: Royal Poinciana to frozen dead wood, six of them gone

[UTUSN]

Flowering tree, fast growing due to being a water guzzler, not hardwood so easy freezing. This one was the trickiest to cut down because of its bad location between two power lines, not to be replaced. It looked even better than the pic, deep deep foliage and shade and way more covered with blossoms. Takes about 5 years to bloom for the first time.

[MLAA]

1. Bummer, it was gorgeous. So sorry.

[UTUSN]

3. Thanks, but a life lesson has been that things can be replaced and wrongs fixed.

Also, this one is in a bad location between power lines, so won't be replaced. Can zoom from knee high to fifteen feet in 3-4 years and blooms in 5. It's me at my 74 yrs that's the problem!1

[MLAA]

9. Ahhh, you've got a few more trees left in you! Smile.

[UTUSN]

10. So nice you are, thanks.

[SergeStorms]

2. Texas?

A real shame. Mature trees are so beautiful.

[UTUSN]

4. Undisclosed DU location. Florida?

[SergeStorms]

5. Must be northern Florida.

For it to freeze like that. It would probably take 24 hours of 20 degree temps to freeze that bad. It's a damned shame, wherever it is

[UTUSN]

6. They certainly are, gorgeous. Google shows some in Arizona.

[RussBLib]

7. we are still pulling up dead stuff

from the epic February Freeze. Weather forecasters predicted a low of only 35 where we live, and it got down to 23 and stayed there for several hours. Combine that with gale force winds for hours and hours and the wind chill was in the low teens. In deep south Texas. Lost electricity for 5 days, lost water for 4 days, had to boil water for a week. After building the garden for 4 years we lost 95% of everything. We have replanted some things, but it still depresses me when I go out there.

[UTUSN]

8. Are you willing to put up with McCONAUGHEY just to get rid of ABBOTT?

If he runs as an Independent will just be a spoiler for whoever the Dem nominee is, doesn't seem committed enough to run as a Dem?

[sprinkleeninow]

11. 'Bummer' is too right. A beautiful specimen.

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I knew of noone personally who was in possession of one till now.

In honor/memory of yours:

Ahmad Jamal's 'Poinciana'

I have/had the original album with the botanical rendering on the cover.

[UTUSN]

12. Your versatility of interests never fails to surprise, thanks!

[sprinkleeninow]

13. I'ma full of them. Surprises, that is!

🚢 ⚓ 🌈

[sprinkleeninow]

14. Saw Dave Brubeck 3x. Paul Winter Consort. Jefferson Airplane twice at

the Fillmore East. A h-s buddy was madly in love w/ Grace Slick.

Nureyev, Baryshnikov, Dame Fonteyn in NYC.

[UTUSN]

15. Biggest (only) name I saw: Shakira. - Oh, Jose CARRERAS - bleah!1

[sprinkleeninow]

17. My ma sent me to couth school. 😆

[sprinkleeninow]

18. Were fortunate being so close to NYC and other cities that attracted so many great venues.

[sprinkleeninow]

19. I know of Shakira but lemme check out Jose...

Oh, yah, the tenor. Not José Cuervo. 😄

[UTUSN]

20. His co-tenor Placido DOMINGUEZ an accused abuser. CARRERAS never acknowledged the audience,

had a bad case of mucous with a handkerchief. College music students were cheering wildly and he never looked at them.

Shakira was a total class act, went two hours without a break.

Well, nighty night!

[sprinkleeninow]

21. A calm and peace-filled nite be to you.

🌜 🌠

[sprinkleeninow]

16. Still 'n' all, somewhat of a ditz. 🙃

[mopinko]

22. i hate that. i lost the most magnificent magnolia this year.

well, i lost it 2 yrs ago when lake mich was at an all time high, and it drowned. i'm right in the water table. lost all it's leaves in august.

it struggled through last year, and i did my best to keep it focused on the right growth.
it tried to wake up this spring, but just couldnt.

it was 25 yo, and 35' tall. goblet shaped, magenta flowers. bloomed a tad later than most, so it had the street to itself.
now i have to look at it out my window til i can get it down.

almost lost my sour cherry, too, but it's hangin in there.

[UTUSN]

23. Commiserating here. I know conditions are different but magnolias here made it while these

others didn't? I had thought the magnolias were candidates for me to replace with. Well, 25 years will long leave me in the dust, so...

[mopinko]

24. this one was a galaxy.

goblet shaped and tolerant of some shade.
it was on the north side of the house. did great til it didnt.