Time to Cover: How to Protect Delicate Plants from the Cold — Summer Residents Share Ideas

17.10.2024 12:05

Covering plants for the winter is an important stage of autumn work on the site.

You can't do without it if you want all your plants to survive the cold.

We figure out what methods there are for insulating plantings and what you need to know before starting work.

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How to properly insulate plants

To insulate roses, gardeners often use spruce branches, thanks to which the plants are reliably protected and at the same time not deprived of access to oxygen.

An excellent option is to install garden arches and then cover the structure with spunbond or other covering material, as a result of which the plants seem to be in an air tunnel in winter.

If you have wooden or plastic boxes with holes lying around, you can use them to cover low-growing bushes. This idea can be implemented when protecting rhododendrons for the winter.

Thujas and young fir trees growing on the site can be protected using a wigwam-like frame and non-woven covering material wound over it.

Irina Tint Author: Irina Tint Editor of Internet resources