The photos in this gallery are of trees that are from one line of Acacia dealbata, planted in 2010. Approximately 30% death due to frost damage. One of those is photographed.
All have been damaged by the severe – approximately -8 deg C frost on about 15 June, 2012.
Photos were taken on 24 June 2012 – some branches are reshooting rapidly and some branches are unaffected. Most are brown with frost.
Note the very variable branch form in this line of commercial material. If timber rather than shelter was the primary aim, the grower would likely be disappointed as form in this line of trees is variable.
Note by mid-November 2012 the surviving trees were shooting away, but had been thinned by the frost so that each tree was more branch than leaf. Hopefully by end of Summer they will look more normal again.
These trees are at 2003 Bealey Road, Hororata, on Jake’s Rd – the offshoot road and are opposite our home.
