What Really Kills Plants Over Winter (It's not just the cold!)

Plant hardiness zones are a useful starting point for a discussion of which plants are expected to survive a winter in your climate. However, the USDA zones are defined by temperature, which can be a pretty narrow way to consider winter hardiness. Often, plants hardy to your zone will fail to survive. What's that about? Equally, you may find that a little bit of winter shelter can enable you to overwinter plants that are tender to your area.

In this video, I want to talk about some of the additional causes of plant damage through winter: plant condition has a lot to do with survival, as does exposure to winter "wet feet" and desiccating wind. The punchline is this: often the actual cold is just one of the factors in winter survival, and the rest is up to you and your plants.

Here's a link to the video I referenced on No Dig Dahlias: https://youtu.be/-9EUobMZfWc?t=351

00:00 Intro
00:40 Review of Hardiness Zones
02:12 Condition of Plants Going into Winter
04:04 "Wet Feet" During Winter
05:55 Desiccating Wind
08:00 Overwintering Container Plants

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