Winter Protection
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Wrap and tie plant material with burlap
Support plants for snow and ice load
Erect screening for wind
Hill up soil and mulch delicate perennials
Trees and shrubs, especially young or newly planted,
face a number of hazards during winter months that require attention to prevent injury or loss.
Heavy snow and ice will bend and break branches, deer and rodents will eat parts of many shrubs
and trees, wind can deplete moisture in the leaves of evergreens, and sun on a calm cold day can
warm the plant enough that tissues may start to respire causing damage to the plant as moisture is
lost and again when the sun is suddenly lost resulting in a quick freeze of the warm tissue.
Green Circles Method:
Different plants have different requirements such that a site visit and consultation will
provide your property with the best solutions. Below is a chart outlining solutions to
a number of common sources of damage and appropriate remedies. Green Circles will provide
the required protection as needed.
|
Type of damage |
Remedy |
Timing |
|
Wind desiccation |
Screening, wrapping |
Fall |
|
Wind throw (blowing over) |
Staking, guying |
All season |
|
Snow and ice load |
Wrapping or ties, cables for trees, pruning |
Fall (wrapping) all season (other)
|
|
Sunscald |
Wrapping or screening |
Late fall |
|
Southwest injury and bleaching |
Wrapping or screening |
Late fall |
|
Deer browsing |
Wrapping, foliar sprays, alternate food sources |
Fall / spring |
|
Rodents |
Plastic or metal mesh guards, poison baits |
All year |
|
Root damage from temperature changes |
Hilling with soil, mulching |
Fall |
|
Flower / bulb loss due to foraging animals |
Plastic or metal mesh over surface of garden soil, alternate food sources |
Fall / spring |