(Des Moines)– It’s been a rough spring for certain flowering trees & shrubs, including magnolia, forsythia, and lilacs. Tivon Feeley is with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources…
He says some maple trees were also affected…
Feeley says conifers also sustained some damage…
Feeley says it’s a result of the much above normal temperatures we experienced in late winter. He says that caused trees to bud much earlier than usual. The very cold weather that followed then damaged those buds.
