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How to protect your plants during extreme cold.

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Gardeners plant flowers, shrubs and trees that can survive in their garden during typical weather. But what can a gardener do when the weather is anything but typical? Unexpected freezes can devastate landscapes and gardens. It can leave a gardener wondering how to protect plants from freezing and what is the best way to cover and keep plants from freezing. At What Temperature Do Plants Freeze? When cold weather comes your way, your first thought will be at what temperature do plants freeze, in other words, how cold is too cold? There is no easy answer to this. Different plants freeze and die at different temperatures. That is why they are given a hardiness rating. Some plants produce special hormones that keep them from freezing, and these plants have a lower hardiness rating (meaning they can survive colder weather) than plants who produce less of this hormone. That being said, there is also different definitions of survival. A plant may lose all of its foliage during a freeze and the plant can regrow from the stems or even the roots. So, while the leaves cannot survive a certain temperature, other parts of the plant can. How to Protect Plants from Freezing If you are only expecting a light freeze, you may be able to protect plants in a freeze simply by covering them with a sheet or a blanket. This acts like insulation, keeping warm air from the ground around the plant. The warmth may be enough to keep a plant from freezing during a short cold snap. For added protection when you protect plants in a freeze, you can place plastic over the sheets or blankets to help keep warmth in. Never cover a plant with just plastic, however, as the plastic will damage the plant. Make sure that a cloth barrier is between the plastic and the plant. Be sure to remove the sheets and blanket and plastic first thing in the morning after an overnight cold snap. If you do not do so, condensation can build up and freeze again under the covering, which will damage the plant. When protecting plants in a freeze that is longer or deeper, you may have no choice but to expect to sacrifice all or part of the plant in hopes that the roots will survive. Start by heavily mulching the roots of the plant with either wood mulch or hay. For added protection, you can nestle gallon jugs of warm water into the mulch each night. This will help drive off some of the cold that can kill the roots. If you have time before a freeze happens, you can also create insulation barriers around a plant as a way how to protect plants from freezing. Tie up the plant as neatly as possible. Drive stakes that are as tall as the plant into the ground around the plant. Wrap the stakes in burlap so that the plant appears to be fenced in. Stuff the inside of this fence with hay or leaves. Again, you can place milk jugs of warm water on the inside, at the base of this fence each night to help supplement the heat. A string of Christmas lights wrapped around the plant can also help add additional heat. As soon as the freeze passes, remove the covering so that the plant can get the sunlight it needs. Watering the soil (not the leaves or stems of the plants) will also help the soil retain heat and can help the plant’s roots and lower branches survive.

Read more at Gardening Know How: Protect Your Plants In A Freeze – How To Protect Plants From Freezing https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/environmental/protect-plants-in-freeze.htm

In Store Gift Card

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Give a gift the recipient can apply to an in-store purchase anytime.

How it works; After purchase of this physical giftcard, a card will be created for either hand-delivery or mailing. The gift card recipient must present this card at time of sale to redeem value. Value will be taken from the card until the card reaches zero. 

Details; This GiftCard is only applicable to in-store purchases. This gift card is nonrefundable and never expires.

eGift Card

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Give an online gift the recipient can apply to an online purchase from any of our collections anytime.

How it works; Purchasing this eGift Card creates a unique code that will be emailed to the recipient. The gift card recipient enters this code at checkout to subtract the gift card value from their order total.

Details; This eGift Card is only applicable to online purchases. This gift card is nonrefundable and never expires.

We offer cards from $50 to $200

Garland

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We have an assortment of garlands ready to decorate your interior and exterior. We are showcasing two of our most popular garlands The Fresh Bunches Garland and Magnolia Garland. 

Fresh Bunches Garland is a lush mixture of Magnolia, Carolina Sapphire, and Golden Cypress. We are selling it in sections of 6' or 10'

 

Year after year The Magnolia Garland seems to be our best seller. This garland is made of all Magnolia sourced from Florida. 

New Holiday Floral Collection

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Our team of designers has worked hard to curate a spectacular holiday floral collection. Complete with bold Christmas Reds, Crisp Winter Whites and seasonal textures this collection encompasses the spirit of the Holiday Season. Be sure to browse our entire collection and order your favorite for delivery today! 

SOWA Winter Festival - Shop Rouvalis

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Join Rouvalis at the 3rd annual SOWA Winter Festival. Our design studio at 📍524 Harrison Ave south end will be exclusively open for this special event. Shop holiday decor and specialty plants and checkout handmade vendors, galleries and enjoy food trucks and entertainment throughout our neighborhood. Sat. 11-7 .