Comments on: Snow in Austin, Texas!

By: russ kay

russ kay — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:53:37 +0000

Random Blog stalker – I love your blog btw! I live in Austin and also got hit hard by the cold winter. We have about 20 bottle brush shrubs… do you know if they are be completely dead after this freeze (they look it) or if pruned back could come back? (like a bougainvillea?) Thanks!

Hi, Russ. The bottlebrush may be toast, but I’d give it a few more weeks of warm weather to be sure. In the meantime, you can scratch the bark here and there to see if there’s any green showing underneath the bark. If so, the branch is alive and should releaf. If not, the shrub may yet come back from the roots and would benefit from a hard pruning. If a few weeks go by with no sign of life, it may be time to lay it to rest. —Pam

By: chuck b.

chuck b. — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:06:23 +0000

Snow is very pretty when there’s just a bit of it like this.

By: Christopher C NC

Christopher C NC — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:10:06 +0000

How sweet. I remember what real cold and a chance of snow did to folks while growing up in Florida. It still does that down there. Today I have another six inches of snow and counting. We just may get that foot of snow after all.

By: LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD

LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLD — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:45:24 +0000

It’s always fun when you know it won’t last — and it does look so lovely coming down. Fun to see your garden with a coating of white; it also helps to highlight hardscaping and give you a quick exercise in how your design is working, which it clearly is! We’ve been getting light snow everyday for the last five days. Luckily the roads keep melting pretty fast which makes it easier to deal with.

By: Layanee

Layanee — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:13:50 +0000

I’ll bet the kids really loved it even more than the garden. Poor man’s fertilizer is what it is. I am sure it is gone by now, though.

By: Lola

Lola — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:28:29 +0000

Looks like it did the one yr when we lived in Dallas.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:11:44 +0000

Seven times in ten years?? I’m moving there Pam!! That’s snow I can handle. :-)

By: Carol, May Dreams Gardens

Carol, May Dreams Gardens — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:54:55 +0000

Snow! Isn’t it pretty? I’m glad you got to get out and enjoy it.

By: Dee @ Red Dirt Ramblings

Dee @ Red Dirt Ramblings — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:33:21 +0000

It’s so pretty. If you’d like some more, I can send you some this weekend. We are 20 inches above our normal for the year and more predicted to be on its way. I’m so glad you are all getting to experience it.~~Dee

By: Kathy from Cold Climate Gardening

Kathy from Cold Climate Gardening — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:33:06 +0000

Merry Christmas! Uh, wait a minute. I find it hard to believe that many places in the south have more snow on the ground than I do, but it’s true. It’s got to be one of the weirdest winters on record.