Gardeners know that the best insulation for plants in winter is snow. But you need to understand that there are plants that need shelter first and foremost.
How can one not remember roses? They say that even park and climbing varieties will not be harmed by covering them with snow for the winter.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told which plants in the garden should be covered with snow first.
It is not only roses that can be covered with snow for the winter. Tree peonies and clematis will also be happy about it.
You also need to think about plants whose flower buds form on last year's shoots.
If snow has become a rarity in winter, then chrysanthemums, irises and phloxes are the first to be insulated.
The same should be done with lavender, barberry, honeysuckle, garden strawberries, raspberries and blackberries. They say that currants will not refuse to spend the winter in a snowdrift.
How to cover
It is clear that it will not be possible to completely cover tall bushes of 1.5 meters or more. In this case, you need to throw snow to the maximum height.
It is important to do this in frosty weather and so that a thaw does not occur in the near future.
If there is little snow, you can collect it from the roofs of buildings and other corners of the site.
Low plants, such as strawberries, currants and gooseberries, are covered with snow only when the temperature is consistently below zero.
In order for strawberries to survive the winter without additional shelter in a harsh winter, a snowdrift 40-50 cm high will be enough.
It is important that it is loose snow, not compacted or wet.
But crops that grow in lowlands need to be covered carefully, since melt water in the spring can stagnate here and cause a lot of harm.
Therefore, the protective layer of snow here should be half as thick.
What to do after sheltering
Summer residents who visit their lands from time to time need to monitor snow-covered plantings at least once a week.
It is important to promptly break the ice crust that may form on the snowdrift. Otherwise, the plant in the snowdrift may rot.
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Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
