But snow cover provides a heavy blanket of winter mulch that insulates the soil, prevents heat from escaping and keeps soil ...

Heavy snow can weigh down foliage and branches, causing breakage even on hardy plants. Prevent damage by choosing resilient varieties, pruning properly, watering well, and mulching before winter.

Some trees and shrubs are more vulnerable to snow than others. Some can cope with heavy snow, while others may be permanently damaged. It pays to know which plants to always remove snow from to ...

With snow melting away and temperatures gradually rising, it’s time to get outside and take care of your shrubs and trees.

As unseasonably warm weather, dry winds and a lack of snow continue to plague most regions of Wyoming, arborists say it's ...

Each sectioned-off research area, like the one above, has 21 to 24 individual trees, with two-and-half miles of cable laid underneath the artificially heated zones. Since trees take in and use carbon ...

It's been a dry, warm and windy winter in Fort Collins. Have you watered your trees or plants yet?

Soil microbes remain highly active beneath winter snow, driving complex nitrogen recycling that fuels spring plant growth.

Snow covers bergamot stalks in a garden after a winter storm in Westchester County, N.Y.,, on Jan 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Rubin) Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter ...

Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter storm this weekend, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden beds, knowing it would protect my trees, shrubs and dormant perennials. When ...