Fall is the Time to Get Your Garden Trees and Shrubs Ready for Winter: Here's What to Do
Article by: Yvonne Cunnington
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Water your plants , Ants! - 1,000,000,000,000,000 Invaders! well until the ground freezes, and make sure you water , 7 Natural Stone Pebble Projects For Every Home enough through a dry fall. , Fountains of Refreshment Your plants , Put Your Lawn On a Diet will need the equivalent of one inch of rain per week. (In a wet fall, , Flower Bulbs in Dry Climate you can relax.)
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Winterizing trees , Put Your Lawn On a Diet and shrubs: To wrap or not to wrap?
When considering winter , How to Attract Birds to Your Backyard Paradise For Less Than $100 care of trees , Fountains of Refreshment and shrubs, , Constructing a Rock Garden don't go crazy with burlap wrap. It's extra work and doesn't look great.
After all, the whole point of evergreens is to give you something green , Important Uses of Weeds in the Lives of People to look at in the winter! , Ferns as Indoor Plants Contrary to popular belief, most established evergreens hardy in your region don't need to be wrapped.
However, as with many things in gardening, , Ants! - 1,000,000,000,000,000 Invaders! there are exceptions. Some evergreens, such as dwarf Alberta spruce, are prone to winter-burn, so they should be covered, as should newly planted evergreens. (New plants , Front Yard Landscaping Ideas - How To And Care For Shrubs haven't had time grow , Beware of Toxic Mulch extensive roots , Ferns as Indoor Plants that help them take up enough moisture , Flower Bulbs in Dry Climate to prevent excessive water , Flower Bulbs: Nature's Greatest Gift losses.)
To make a windbreak around vulnerable plants, , Create a Great Water Garden hammer four stakes into the ground and staple on a burlap covering. Never use plastic, , How to Attract Birds to Your Backyard Paradise For Less Than $100 or your plants , Front Yard Landscaping Ideas - How To And Care For Shrubs could "cook" on sunny days. (Remember the greenhouse , Garden On The Cheap effect?)
More tips , Red Rose History for winter , Clematis Care care of woody plants:
- If your plants , Choosing the Perfect Landscape Painting get salt spray from the road,
burlap may help, but wrap them with a
double layer, not a single layer. To avoid
having to cover your evergreens, don't plant , Flower Bulbs in Dry Climate them near a road that gets salted, or plant , Basics of Pruning Roses salt-tolerant species such as junipers.
- Protect broadleaf evergreens such as rhododendron, pieris and laurel from the drying effects of winter , How to Make a Weed Dabber sun and wind with an anti-desiccant spray such as Wilt-Pruf, which coats foliage with a protective waxy film. You can also wrap with burlap, if you must.
- To help preserve moisture, , Solar Garden Lights cover the root , Light Up Your Garden And Brighten Your Life area of evergreens and broadleaf evergreens with a three-inch thick layer of leaf or bark mulch.
- Protect upright evergreen junipers and cedars from breakage due to ice and snow , Do It Yourself: An Attractive Rock Garden Anyone Would Be Proud Of by wrapping branches with heavy string or mesh covers sold for this purpose. Once fastened into place, , Home for a Gnome? you'll hardly see the string or mesh.
- Protect young trees , Garden On The Cheap by putting plastic tree , Perfume Your Garden and Home with Gardenias guards around the bottom of their trunks to prevent damage from gnawers such as rabbits and mice. Make sure the tree , Easy Landscaping and Curb Appeal for Florida Homes guards go high enough - over the snow , Constructing a Rock Garden line. (Remove them in the spring , Clematis Care because it looks better and avoids the problem of the guards trapping moisture , Put Your Lawn On a Diet against the bark in the summer , Home for a Gnome? and attracting insects.)
- If rabbits are a big problem in your area, put chicken wire cages around the plants , Ultra Violet Pond Filter they find most tasty.
- Prevent rabbit and rodent damage with a repellent spray that you apply on lower trunks, branches and stems. Such products , Perfume Your Garden and Home with Gardenias generally have to be reapplied after wet weather. , Basics of Pruning Roses
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