By Ellen Peffley For A-J Media
The destructive hailstorm last week ravaged pockets of the South Plains. In the aftermath of the storm some fortunate areas were left unscathed but others were battered, resulting in much plant injury.
For homes and landscapes struck by the hail, the damage reads like a botanic obituary: leaves were shredded, ripped and punctured; branches broken and leaves stripped from trees; developing fruit pockmarked; flowers stripped and bashed; container plants smashed; garden seedlings pummeled.