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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
"But nothing devastating. Their response evolved into
doing more maintenance type work. I thought we would
be managing hundreds of jobs with trees down all over
the place. We had very few uprooted trees or broken limbs
on lines."
LANDSCAPE RECOVERY ADVICE
Davey R/C and CLS clients can rely on their Davey experts
for advice in helping their landscapes recover from the storm.
Cox said first they need to give plants and trees a chance
to start growing again this spring and summer to see what
will survive and what will not.
"We need to re-examine landscapes frequently to see what
survives," he said. "So, lots of follow-ups. That and we're
encouraging fertilizations to promote growth."
For CLS clients, Leary expects to install more native plants
in landscapes.
"The storm showed some clients the value of tropical
plants because they are worth it," she said. "But we will
caution our clients from investing so heavily in tropical
plants to create a more balanced overall landscape design.
Woody ornamentals can withstand the cold and provide
a nice backdrop to select, more delicate tropical and
semi-tropical plants."
Both CLS and R/C operations anticipate working closely
with their technical advisors from the Davey Institute to
assist clients this spring and summer.
"I'm sure we're going to get quite a bit more requests for
planting bids coming up here in May," Cox said. "I expect
removals will go up as well."
Winter Storm Uri hammered Texas in February, coating trees and
shrubs in ice and burying landscape plants in snow for several days.
Photo credit: Lea Bouknight/Shutterstock
Ice-covered trees surround power lines in Texas
following a severe winter storm in February.
Brown leaves show damage
sustained to a tree on the property
of a Dallas R/C office client.
A chipper and chipper truck parked outside
the Dallas R/C office following the February
winter storm. Parts of Texas received close to
10 inches of snowfall from the storm.
