Being a nature lover, you would probably like to take a proactive stance to protect your plants to survive a harsh winter. Without professional care, the cold months can wreak havoc on your garden. All that would be left for you are torn shrubs and scattered twigs. So, as the winter approaches, it makes sense to consult a reputed landscaping company and draw your line of defense.

At the onset of the fall, hiring our landscaping services can help you mitigate the damage. At DNS Landscaping, we ensure professional care for your plants, preparing the landscape to survive the winter months.

Preparing your garden for a harsh winter

With these landscaping tips, you can landscape your garden strategically to survive a harsh winter.

• Lay down mulch

Putting down the mulch serves as a tactical defense against cold temperatures in winter. This ensures that your soil won’t thaw and freeze repeatedly. Unless you lay the mulch down, the plants tend to heave. Our experts apply around four inches of mulch once the temperatures start lowering, and the ground starts freezing. 

Applying mulch calls for professional care. Make sure not to apply excessive mulch close to the stems or trunks of your plants. We prepare excellent mulches from chopped leaves, straw, and shredded bark.               

• Carry some plants indoors

Not all plants are strong enough to bear the severity of winter. So, it would be wise to bring some of the smaller plants indoors. Professional landscaping companies carefully dig up delicate plants to prevent damage. Even when you place these plants indoors, you need to monitor the ambient temperature. The reason is, plants can bear a negative impact due to a change in humidity. So, take care not to place them close to air vents and windows.

• Wrap up your plants

If you have newly potted and young plants in your garden, landscaping experts recommend wrapping them up. Frost cracking often affects plants with thin barks like maple, linden, and ash. In case you leave these plants unprotected, rodents would consume the soft bark of these plants that lie below the snow cover. Generally, experts use burlap or paper tree wrap to cover the plants from the bottom to the top.

• Prune at the right time   

While pruning your plants right before the winter is imperative, you need to be right with the timing. Otherwise, you might end messing up the aesthetics of your garden. For example, pruning a flowering shrub in the middle of the winter would give you a flowerless plant when spring comes. So, if you have forsythia or lilacs in your garden, it would be wise to prune them just after the flowering season. 

• Raking leaves

Following the fall, the lawn would accumulate fallen leaves in large numbers. Unless you rake the leaves, sunlight wouldn’t reach the underlying grass. The leaves would also suffocate the smaller plants, so it’s wise to seek professional support. During early snowfall, you need to hire professional landscapers to take care of the leaves.

Get across to us at DNS Landscaping for professional lawn care. We would be glad to prepare your garden for the winter months. You can reach out to us at (210) 765-8667 for affordable landscaping services or fill up this contact form.