Winter protection for your valuable evergreens
Long Island's harsh winter conditions can damage valuable evergreens and ornamental plants. Our professional burlapping services provide essential protection against winter burn, salt spray, wind damage, and deer browse, ensuring your plants emerge healthy in spring.
Our experienced crews install burlap barriers properly to provide maximum protection without damaging plants. We use quality burlap, sturdy stakes, and secure fastening techniques. Installations are completed in late fall before harsh weather arrives.
Equally important is timely removal in spring. We return when temperatures stabilize to carefully remove burlap, stakes, and fasteners without damaging emerging growth. Your plants are left clean and ready for the growing season.
For exposed plantings, we construct windbreak screens using burlap stretched over wooden frames. These barriers protect entire beds or multiple plants from prevailing winter winds while remaining unobtrusive in the landscape. Properly positioned windbreaks can make the difference between thriving plants and winter-damaged specimens.
Valuable specimen plants receive individual attention with custom-fitted burlap wraps. We carefully wrap each plant from base to tip, ensuring complete coverage while allowing air circulation. This method is ideal for boxwood, columnar evergreens, and formal hedges that require uniform protection.
Foundation plantings near roadways are especially vulnerable to salt spray damage. We install burlap barriers between vulnerable plants and roads, protecting them from corrosive road salt while maintaining the beauty of your home's entrance. This protection can extend the life of foundation plantings by years.
In areas with heavy deer pressure, burlap provides a physical barrier that deters browsing on choice evergreens. Combined with our deer repellent programs, burlapping offers excellent winter protection in deer-prone areas. This dual approach gives plants the best chance of surviving winter intact.
Successful burlapping requires proper timing and technique. We install protection after plants have hardened off but before severe weather arrives, typically November through December. Our installation methods avoid damaging branches, allow for air circulation, and stand up to winter storms. Quality materials and proper installation techniques ensure your plants receive the protection they need without harm.
Contact us in fall to schedule burlapping installation before winter weather arrives.
Call 631-467-7999