Protect your outdoor plants in the winter in these simple ways
Every season demands to change in the maintenance for your plants, so they bloom, and stay healthy and beautiful. With the winter on your doorstep, you need special care for your plants. They need to be protected from frost and snow. Remember if you want professional Landscape gardeners and tree surgeons to look after your garden we are always here to help, just message us via our contact page.
There are several ways in which you can protect and keep your outdoor plants alive in the winter-
1. To fight against the cold, they need to be kept warm. You can keep your outdoor potted plants in the room and keep the windows closed and also insulate the doors. Paraffin heaters can also be used but it is better to avoid direct heat.
2. For your gardens, it is advisable to cover them with burlap or frost barrier fabric and cover the plants all the way to the root zone. If the lawn and gardens are large, we are a North Devon landscaping company and here to help you out.
3. For protecting flower beds and perennials, cloche can be helpful. You can use large row covers for them.
4. It is advisable to prepare your plants from fall. Feeding them compost during the fall is good as it will break down slowly and improve the soil.
5. Replacing the old mulch with the new one will insulate the bed. The old mulch can be replaced with row covers, hay, and evergreen boughs.
6. For lawns and grass, it is advisable that you do not walk on it. The frozen grass blades which are covered with snow and frost, they break under you foot. It is not good for soil as well.
7. It is not possible to keep all the plants indoors. In order to protect the large potted plants placed outdoors, cover them with bubble wrap or hessian sacks for insulation.
8. For taller plants, wire cage can be used to protect them. The limbs are drawn closer so that the branches and are surrounded by the cage so, they don’t break when snow covers them.
9. For longer trees, mulching can be helpful. A few inches of dry leaves will work. If you find it difficult, . contact us, as North Devon tree surgeons we can guide you further.
You can always contact us here at Evergreen, North Devon landscaping company to keep your lawns beautiful even in the winter so you can enjoy outdoor activities.