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AUTHOR’S NOTE: I have been presented an unbelievable number of questions about winter damage following the February cold spell. I’m going to devote this entire column to the most common questions among them. Q. Dear Neil: The cold spell did a real number on our pittosporums. How should we handle them? A. Probably by now you can see that the bark has split vertically (parallel to the sides of the stems). If so, that’s sure indication that the plants are lost. Unlike many other pla...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Neil Sperry says its too soon to know whether palm trees survived the freeze in San Antonio Neil Sperry, Down to Earth March 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Ice weighs down an palm tree in Austin. Whether palms survived won’t be evident until late spring.Ilana Panich-Linsman /New York TimesShow MoreShow Less 2of2 When it comes to covering your plants, Neil Sperry recommends white frost cloth. The darker color lets that frost cloth soak up too much of ...

I have been presented an unbelievable number of questions about winter damage following the February cold spell.