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According to a study in Maryland of the 1970 Brood X appearance, delayed branch dieback occurred over the following two years in such trees as black gum, purple-leaf plum, photinia, lilac and dogwood.

We ran into trouble, for instance, with such overplanted trees and shrubs as red-tip photinia, American elms, Bradford pear, English ivy and barberries.

A giant old photinia, remnant of the earlier garden, shades a bench where Catherine sits to enjoy the view of the front garden after walking the dogs.

Later at work he had to remove a red tip photinia from someone’s yard, and its root was enormous.

While apple trees and photinia bushes have enjoyed the prolonged chill, humans have been chafing for several weeks now.