Re: Is it Warmer Under Pine Trees?

**&* B* <l*@msn.com>**

Hi, Betty!

I know that to protect hydrangea macrophyllas from frost damage to next year's flower buds, in colder zones one recommendation is to plant them with protection from winter persistent foliage or under conifers as you describe. In my own garden, those planted beneath junipers, pines, etc. have flowered after tough winters or icy springs when others have succumbed and produced no summer flowers, just green bushes. Your comment about snow melting faster might be that there was less of it under those trees compared to surrounding areas, the snow being blocked from accumulating by the tree itself -- at least that's been our experience. All anecdotal, no science!

Lorraine

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----- Original Message ----- 

From: Betty Mackey<b*@verizon.net> 

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Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 11:15 AM

Subject: [GWL] Is it Warmer Under Pine Trees?

I picked some cherry tomatoes this morning, even though we've had a couple of frosts here, west of Philadelphia. They are growing (still!) in pots and are not far from several big white pines. Can the pines be keeping the soil warmer somehow? Other years I've noticed that snow melts a little faster in that spot.
Also my five year old grandsons asked me why some trees stay green and others lose their leaves.
Thanks for any answers!
Bettywww.mackeybooks.com
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