Preparing the Landscape for Cold Weather

It's hard to imagine when it's a hot December, but Florida does experience cold weather in the winter occasionally, even a freeze or two. So precautions are still necessary to protect your landscape from damaging temperatures and winds.

UF/IFAS Sites

• Central Florida Gardening Calendar: October-December
• Cold Weather Can Threaten Landscape Plantings
• Gardening Tips: Precautions to Circumvent Cold Damage
• Gardening Tips: Preparing Landscape Plants for Winter
• Q&A: How to Protect Plants from Freezing Temperatures
• When Jack Frost Comes Nipping at Your Door

UF/IFAS Publications

• Climate-Based Management of Lawns
• Cold Protection of Ornamantal Plants
• Cold Weather (PDF)
• Preparing Your Plants for Cold Weather (PDF)

Other Sites

• Prepare Landscape for Cold Weather--Mississippi State University Cooperative Extension
• Protect Plants from Cold Weather--University of Georgia Cooperative Extension
• Winter Protection for Landscape Plants--Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (PDF)