You can plant any cold hardy tree, shrub or fruit tree during the winter (except palms) but don't forget the mulch! Surface mulches provide a blanket of temperature control and preserve soil moisture so that planting during this time will be successful. It is inexpensive insurance.
Surface mulch as a blanket on the soil surface, decomposing and improving the soil
Soil temperatures need to be at least 50° F for roots to grow and establish plants. Seldom do our soils get below this temperature after the first few inches below the surface.
Make sure you add an equal amount of Viragrow compost, Viragrow planting soil mix or bagged EZ Green compost to your backfill surrounding the roots of these trees and shrubs. Unlike some others, all of our soil mixes are full of nutrients so you don't need to add any extra fertilizer to the soil at the time of planting.
Viragrow compost |
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