Keep your plants safe this winter—tips on when and how to cover them for cold protection. News. Today's ... but avoid giving it too much since frozen roots won’t be able to absorb water properly.

Dos and don'ts to help your plants survive hard freezes and to help you enjoy the blooms on the many beautiful winter-flowering plants.

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When water in the soil is frozen into ice, plants’ roots can’t absorb it. “Winter is basically a season of drought for plants, because they can’t take in frozen water and can’t transport ...

Delicate and frozen plants will recover beautifully for spring if gardeners add one item to them now. ... "In the winter, plants grow at a much slower rate, meaning they require less water.

Several times this winter, while the ground was snow covered, the sump pump in my basement kicked on, an indication that the ground beneath the snow was not completely frozen.

Frozen tropical plants can act like northern herbaceous perennials and die ... If you didn’t like looking at the brown frozen mushy stuff this winter, you may want to rethink your garden design.

Amanda Weidner of the Pueblo County CSU Extension Office writes about winter watering and provides tips for watering different kinds of plants.

Delicate and frozen plants will recover beautifully for spring if gardeners add one item to them now Plus the five flowers you must plant now so they ‘settle’ in time for spring Paige ...