Milwaukee Arborist Says How to Care for Evergreens

Evergreen trees and shrubs offer year-round color, texture, and structure in your yard. They’re also often low-maintenance landscaping options that don’t require heavy pruning or watering. However, they still need some attention throughout all the seasons to keep them looking lush and healthy.

While cold-season care for evergreens isn’t hard, there are some smart steps you can take to help protect them from harsh winter winds, sun, and fluctuating temperatures.

These expert-approved evergreen winter care tips will protect your spruces, pines, and more from frosty, windy weather.

Why Winter Care For Evergreens Matters

Unlike deciduous plants that shed their leaves and go dormant, evergreens stay active through winter, and too much water loss can cause winter burn, where needle tips turn a distinctive scorched yellow, bronze, or brown. Harsh, dry winter winds and bright sun exacerbate this.

“Evergreens hold onto their needles throughout the winter and ... lose moisture through a process called transpiration,” Dan Blazer, a certified arborist with Davey Tree Expert Company, explains. “However, when the soil is frozen, the roots cannot take up water to replace the moisture lost by the needles.”

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