Title: (Optional) Conduct winterization of the landscape.
Course: Landscaping II (18054-II) > Section: Maintaining the Landscape

Conducting winterization should include

- identifying plants likely to suffer winter damage
- prescribing prevention or control
- procedures for the following examples of winter injury:
  - Ice or heavy snow damage
  - Salt damage on hardscape features and plants
  - Windburn
  - Sunscald
  - Heaving

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why do homeowners wrap boxwoods in burlap?
- What parts of the plant receive sunscald?
- Which plants are susceptible to heaving?
- How can plants be protected from heavy snows?
- Which type of plants are most susceptible to ice damage?