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Boxwoods and other broadleaf evergreens benefit from winter wind protection. You can find an ideal microclimate for these plants by placing them near hedges, fences, or other windbreaks.
— Alvaro Hernandez, Highland Park During the cold winter months, evergreens continue to lose water vapor through their leaves (or needles, which are modified leaves). The leaves must replace the ...
While you can find lots of salt-tolerant trees, shrubs, and other ornamentals, some particularly popular choices include: Jack pine. Shagbark hickory. Larch. Chokecherry. Beach rose. Staghorn ...
When sun scald appears on trees it is most frequently a result of reflected light off the snow during winter months. The damage in this case will appear as sunken or dead bark on the trunk of the tree, then later in the tree's life the bark might fall away revealing dead tissue in the tree's cambium layer.
Avoiding the use of fertilizers late in the growing season can reduce the incidence of splits, also protecting the bark of young trees from physical damage such as that caused by lawn mowers, car bumpers, grazing animals, spades, trimmers, etc. Protect young trees in winter with paper tree wrap from ground level to the first main branches.
Young trees sheltered by plastic tubes. A tree shelter, tree guard or tree tube (sometimes also Tuley tube) is a structure used in tree planting, arboriculture and tree care that protects planted tree saplings from browsing animals and other dangers as the trees grow.