The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
With all kinds of extreme weather, it is a miracle that the vast majority of plants survive and even thrive in the north-central U.S. (Pexels photo)
With the recent snowfall, winter is on my mind. The hard freeze killed our annual bedding plants and vegetables. Our hardy perennial flowers are very much alive but dormant for the season. How do our plants survive winter?
Our perennial flowers survive the winter underground. Aboveground leaves freeze and die. However, the plant's crown is protected and insulated by the soil. The soil just inches...
