![]() ![]() Neil Sperry, a Texas gardening and horticulture expert known across the state, has been stunned by the variability, and the scope, of damage left in the wake of that freeze. I’m shocked by that.”īlevins isn’t the only one. “And yet, it’s the live oaks that seem to be most stressed from this freeze. “I’ve been telling people my whole career that the single toughest species we have up here is live oak,” said Blevins, a forester out of Fort Worth. ![]() Standing in contrast to their vibrant and vivacious brethren, they look dead.Ĭourtney Blevins has spent almost 40 years with Texas A&M Forest Service, and he can’t recall any past freeze leaving so many oaks looking bare this late into the spring. Now, months after Winter Storm Uri swept across Texas in mid-February, many of the oaks still aren’t leafing out. This bizarre phenomenon has intrigued professionals across the state – especially since oak trees, and particularly live oak trees, are known to be an incredibly resilient species. Homeowners are advised to be patient through their recovery. Oak trees remain stressed after Winter Storm Uri. ![]()
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