Frost Protection

This time of the year we get lots of frost protection questions.

These are the ways I have found to be the best and easiest.

There are a few ways we recommend:

A product called Cloud Cover, sold ready to use or concentrate,

I recommend this on plants that are too large to bring in the
house, or to cover, such as a ficus tree you have put on the patio in the summer, a Queen Palm that is young.

Cloud Cover is a product that holds moisture in the leaves and reduces
cell damage. It has to be applied before each freeze.

Another way that we protect our frost tenders at Scenic Nursery is
covering the plants on freezing nights (temperatures dropping below
32 degrees) with a cloth called Seed Blanket. This is a plastic cloth that
has holes (like a blanket) to allow air, sun, and water through but holds
the heat in, I find this very effective on a new planting of pansies that
you want to keep prime for a special event, or to cover that beautiful
bouganvillea. You simply drape the blanket over the desirable plants
before the expected freeze, and take it off the morning after.

Remember that the time of an expected freeze is a few days after
a rain when the air and ground is drying out, and the sky is clear.
Also be sure there is moisture in those frost tender desirables.
A freeze will do far more damage to a plant if there is not adequate
moisture in the plant.

There all special cases, different situations so if you need some
professional advise on how to protect your frost tender plants please
call one of our certified nursery professionals at Scenic Nursery.

So with all of that said, enjoy this winter, and we wish you a very
Happy, Healthy New Year!