Just because the cold is here doesn’t mean you have to relinquish all the hard gardening and landscaping work you put in during the warmer months. If bushes are a major element of your yard, you’re going to want to do everything you can to protect them during the winter season. Affordable Landscape Supplies has been a staple in Boon and Kenton counties since 1981 and understands how elements such as mulch and wraps can help preserve shrubs and bushes even through harsh freezes.

Protecting your lawn’s shrubs and bushes isn’t complicated, but it does require preparation and proper execution. Here are three important tips to keep in mind when winterizing the greenery of your lawn:

• Water, Water, Water: Watering your shrubs and bushes thoroughly during the hot summer is a no-brainer, but you also want to keep watering them right up until winter sets in. While the ground stays fairly moist during the fall, the extremely dry winds of winter suck moisture directly from a plant’s leaves, making the extra watering time crucial.
• Insulate The Ground With Mulch: No matter how much you’d like to, you can’t completely prevent a winter freeze. What you can do, however, is help keep as much heat as possible in the ground surrounding your bushes and shrubs. Place about four inches of mulch around the base of each plant for insulation.
• Protect Them From Wind & Snow: Frigid blasts of wind and heavy snows can quickly take their toll on fragile bushes and shrubs. To shield shrubs from the elements, place a perimeter of wooden stakes around the plant and attach a burlap wrap by stapling the material to each stake. You can also tie up a shrub’s branches with twine to minimize snow damage.

Don’t let winter get the best of your lawn! By following these tips, you’ll be well on your way to making it through winter with all your shrubs and bushes fully intact. For any other landscaping questions or products such as mulch and fill dirt, call Affordable Landscape Supplies at (859) 586-9142 or visit the website today.