Fall Color for Gardens

Winter Care

• Water in the morning when soil is dry and especially at the onset of severe cold weather. Do not water if the temperature is below freezing.

• Group containers together. This will create added protection.

• If temperatures are going to remain extremely low for a long time, either wrap your container with bubble wrap or fill a garbage bag with newspaper (twist newspaper as you would when building a campfire) and wrap around containers.

• Winter protection should only be done after the plants have acclimated to the cold, but before danger of subfreezing temperatures.

Shown here: Benenson ornamental and dwarf conifers

For more gardening tips, visit The New York Botanical Garden.

--Sonia Uyterhoeven, garden expert, The New York Botanical Garden