{"id":8094,"date":"2015-10-10T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-10T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=8094"},"modified":"2015-10-06T18:58:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T22:58:13","slug":"10-winter-care-tips-for-landscape-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/10\/10\/10-winter-care-tips-for-landscape-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Winter Care Tips For Landscape Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do Not Plant Chaste tree (Vitex) in Autumn in zones 6 and 7<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fall-planted perennials, shrubs and trees need some additional attention. Here are 10 basic tips to help plants get past\u00a0potential winter woes:<\/p>\n

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  1. Select balled-and-burlapped (b&b) or container-grown plants rather than bare-rooted stock. Most bare-root plants are planted in late winter or early spring when plants are still dormant.<\/li>\n
  2. Evergreens, particularly broad-leaved evergreens, are more susceptible to winter dryness because leaves lose more water than narrow-leaved evergreens and deciduous plants. Roots may not replace moisture loss\u00a0in frozen ground.<\/li>\n
  3. Don\u2019t delay planting landscape plants you found on sale at local garden centers at deep discounted prices. Early fall planting ensures good root development.<\/li>\n
  4. To Mulch or Not? A 2-4 inch layer of mulch can\u00a0prevent wide soil temperature fluctuations.\u00a0Do not mulch newly set fruit trees which may attract overwintering voles and rabbits that feed on their tender sugary bark.<\/li>\n
  5. Plant ground covers and shallow-rooted shrubs earlier in fall to avoid heaving out of the ground by alternate freezing and thawing. A 2-4 inch layer of mulch by late November or early December to reduce wide soil temperature fluctuations.<\/li>\n
  6. Particularly in northern areas, insulate rose crowns and roots with 4-6 inches of loose non-packing organic mulch such as straw or oak leaves.<\/li>\n
  7. Plant bulbs when there is a chill in the air or after first killing frost. In southern areas (zones 6 \u2013 8), garden centers are lowering prices in November to make room for winter holiday inventory.<\/li>\n
  8. Cover the trunk of thin-barked young trees with paper wraps in late November to prevent winter frost cracks, sunscald, and deer and rodent damage; remove all wraps by early May.<\/li>\n
  9. In most regions prune on the \u201cdownside\u201d of winter in March and early April. Choose a comfortable day so to avoid mistakes made in a hurry. In zone 6 marginally hardy shrubs include roses, bigleaf hydrangeas (H. macrophylla<\/em>), crape myrtles, and chaste trees (Vitex spp<\/em>.).<\/li>\n
  10. Don\u2019t forget to move semi-tender plants in containers into an unheated\u00a0garage or greenhouse for\u00a0winter protection. Minimum day\/night temperatures should not drop below 40 \u00b0F.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Fall-planted perennials, shrubs and trees need some additional attention. Here are 10 basic tips to help plants get past\u00a0potential winter woes: Select balled-and-burlapped (b&b) or container-grown plants rather than bare-rooted stock. Most bare-root plants are planted in late winter or early spring when plants are still dormant. Evergreens, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[693,1108,1226,710,144,914,1065,1064,988,551,597,826,625,843,601,933,849,598,630,7,1085,231,113,819,1222,455,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8094"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8136,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8094\/revisions\/8136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}