Yahhh...this was early on this summer. The weather forecaster said cloudy and rainy and we got clear and sunny before I realized the error of my ways in relying on the science for weather.
The complex without a doubt did the best! Oh, the Phrags, unaffected, which I was really sweating about too. The Deperles did take the hardest hit. I lost one outright. A second really in critical. I just thought after seeing Dot's post I should have hit them up with the cinnamon. May have helped.
But all are putting out new growth and I'm tickled. And they are all finding their place on the plant stand in the house for the winter now (after a good bug killer drench). Next year, I invest in one of those canopy type arrangements that use shade cloth on it. Then I can quit with the tarps on and off to let the rain in but the blaze off.
Thanks all!