LandscapExperts Tip of the Week, January 6

With the extremely cold temperatures of a polar air mass arriving in Georgia this week, one method of protecting low-growing plants or nursery stock is with evergreen boughs. 

• clip off branches from discarded Christmas trees (plentiful this week) 
• lay over the tops of low-growing perennials, annual beds, nursery flats or pots 
• bury the whole area in fallen leaves

(Do not cover with plastic, because direct sun hitting the plastic the next morning can steam-cook the plants.)