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Date Posted: 11:04:29 10/24/05 Mon
Author: N5RDC
Subject: Re: I tried to find the '58 Chevy, but ....
In reply to: Pot 's message, "Re: I tried to find the '58 Chevy, but ...." on 12:32:18 10/19/05 Wed

>This isn't an exciting story...just strange...
>
>The combination of windblown saltwater and the wind
>itself turn the needles of pine trees and cedar trees
>brown on their southeast side. That sort of thing can
>be see several miles north of the coast.
>
>For the other kinds of trees-- at least those that
>were left standing-- the wind stripped all the leaves
>off. I do mean all of them. The strange thing is
>that most of the trees and plants thought it was
>spring time. The neighbors' pecan trees began
>sprouting a new growth of leaves within about a week.
>All the oak trees began sprouting new leaves a couple
>of days after that. They are almost completely
>"re-leafed" now.
>
>Another neighbor's Bradford Pear tree was blooming
>like crazy. I've seen several camellia bushes
>blooming. They usually bloom in March. I've seen
>azaleas blooming. They also bloom in March/April.
>One of my magnolia trees did some blooms. It usually
>only blooms in the spring thru early summer. Another
>neighbor's saucer magnolia(also called Japanese
>magnolia) bloomed. They only bloom in the very early
>spring around here.

Yep - Pretty strange how mother Nature can fool plants (and even animals). I've noticed that a very old (doesn't even have bark anymore) Crepe Myrtle in the corner of my yard blooms twice a year sometimes. The Bradford Pear started blooming in February this year (We only had about a week all winter that it was below freezing). Looks like it's coming early this year though - It was 35 here this morning.

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