Even mild winters can damage plants
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
We usually think that winter damage in plants shows up after a harsh season of extremely cold temperatures, ice storms or prolonged snow cover. This winter damage is exhibited by dieback of twigs, sunscald, browning and even loss of leaves on broadleaf evergreens such as boxwood and nandina.
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