Above is a picture I had taken yesterday morning ofour snow laden honeysuckle tree in Bird Alley. Below is how the same tree looked at the end of the afternoon, broken and lying down admid a confusion of snow and branches of our wild rose bush.
Maybe it was one soggy wet snowflake too many or perhaps the feather weight of a little slate- coloured Junco landing on the tree was the extra weight that did it. You can compare the morning picture picture above and the late afternoon picture below, both pictures show a blue bird feeder in them showing how the scene has changed. BUT the roots of the honeysuckle are still in the ground so all is not lost. We predict that a few springs from now it will grow and blossom again. but the little birds will miss it as a perching place. Go away snow and don't come back again so soon!
Above is a picture I had taken yesterday morning ofour snow laden honeysuckle tree in Bird Alley. Below is how the same tree looked at the end of the afternoon, broken and lying down admid a confusion of snow and branches of our wild rose bush. 
Maybe it was one soggy wet snowflake too many or perhaps the feather weight of a little slate- coloured Junco landing on the tree was the extra weight that did it. You can compare the morning picture picture above and the late afternoon picture below, both pictures show a blue bird feeder in them showing how the scene has changed. BUT the roots of the honeysuckle are still in the ground so all is not lost. We predict that a few springs from now it will grow and blossom again. but the little birds will miss it as a perching place. Go away snow and don't come back again so soon! 
The weight of all that snow is just too much for some branches.I hate to see a tree fall down,but that is nature.I do hope this one will grow again.
ReplyDeleteAw, I'n so sorry. That poor bush looks so forelorn. I had the same thing happen to my favorite Azalea, but it appears to be recovering. Lets hope the same thing happens to your Honeysuckle.
ReplyDeleteHave a good week Ann.
B.
Sorry about the loss of your tree. Hopefully it will come out again.
ReplyDeleteHelen
I'm sorry about your poor tree in the snow. I hope it isn't too badly damaged. Honeysuckle is pretty resilent.
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