Trees in winter: Frost, snow, and the lame duck syndrome

摘要

Gardeners have it made in frosty weather. They can get indoors, with a fire or the central heating, and think in comfort about how to remodel the garden when spring comes.Their plants, other than the favoured few growing in containers that can be taken inside, do not have this soft option. Plants have to sit and take whatever the weather throws at them. When we have a winter as cold as the 2015 edition in New Zealand (mygarden is in inland Canterbury), damage is inevitable.