I’d give them another month or so to see if they’re just insulted. Try to bend a few twigs or scratch the bark and see if there’s green underneath.
If they ARE dead, dig them up and replant. Maybe someone from the Gulf Coast could give more information? Maybe try a gardening forum online and see if they have a Gulf states section.
Thanks Agnes! googling today I found that same advice and will definitely use it for one special tree.
Sadly many of the trees and shrubs right around the house have to come down anyway, because we are going to lift the house about 5 feet due to the new Fed elevation maps. (we are getting money for this from our insurance, so that’s OK, or well, tolerable.)
Many of the plants are OK. I’m trying to be a gardener, but I’m pretty amateur so far and I’m too lazy to look things up right now, so bear with my ignorance.
We have one shaggy pine which is lovely and fine, but has to go, but it was ultimately doomed no matter what because it was already basically leaning on the house.
We have some red colored brambly things that stick you badly, they are going (dead or alive) and I won’t miss them.
We have some green fluffy bushes that are also fine, we’re going to try and re-plant them at our neighbors.
We have a Japanese Maple that I hope is OK that we are going to try and save, hubby says he thinks it can stay in place while the house is lifted, but i’m not sure.
I also think the pacysandra (sp???!!) is done, which is a shame because the lady we bought the house from worked hard to get that right.
I gotta say, Sandy was just a huge destructive force and her reverberations are still being felt.
on a more positive note it seems like my tulips and daffodils are still going to bloom, I hope so anyway, it will do my heart good.