Winterizing Plants Advice
Welcome to Faddegon’s online resource for winterizing perennials, trees, and shrubs! Our team at Faddegon’s has curated reliable advice on how to prepare all of your outdoor plants to survive the winter.
Winterizing Your Perennials
Posted on Sunday, December 1, 2024
Learn how to put perennials to bed for the winter
Winterizing Plants
Posted on Friday, November 8, 2024
Cut perennial foliage down to 2” to 3” inches of the ground except for Lavender, ornamental grasses, Russian Sage, Montauk Daisy and Mums. Also leave roses and Butterfly Bushes alone. You may choose to leave some perennials for winter interest and bird feed such as Sedums, Coneflowers, Black-Eyed Susans, Astilbes and Globe Thistle. To cut [...]
November Garden Tips
Posted on Tuesday, November 5, 2024
This month signals a real winding down of outdoor garden activities. There are some things to prepare for before turning your attention to indoor gardening! These tasks are best done at the end of the month: Sun & Wind Protection is job one for some trees and shrubs. You may want to wrap shrubs and [...]
Winter Care of Roses
Posted on Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Not all roses need extra care in winter but some do! find out which is which.
Winterizing Shrubs
Posted on Sunday, January 19, 2020
November is a great month to give selected evergreens a ‘winter jacket’ to help protect them from Old Man Winter’s havoc. Climbing roses and bigleaf Hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) can also benefit from additional insulation. Applying an anti-transpirante, also known as an anti-dessicant, reduces damage from drying winds, winter sun scorch and moisture depletion due to [...]