Most of these are newly planted and have the main stem cut about a foot to 18 inches above the ground. We don’t know yet if it will recover, there are no leaves left on the remaining stem.
The first time it happened, it was to a plant from last year that had survived the drought better than anything. Hubby just assumed that one of the large stray dogs or a coon or some other critter had done it and didn’t really look at it.
It is showing signs of shoots coming out of the ground. Since the others were not well established, it is hard to tell we’ll just have to wait and see.
These plants were mulched and very plainly not weeds, so it’s just pure ole malice and disrespect. Since my grand daughter’s ex husband’s grandmother lives across the street, that’s a suspect, but we also had some teenagers that live several blocks over away from the subdivision that could also be the perps.
Grand daughter came to see me one day for a few hours, and while we were downstairs and couldn’t see, someone snuck over and loosened the wheelnuts on the truck. She had a one year old in the truck with her. That’s pretty low down in my opinion.