Protecting Your Plants from the Cold

Ask a Florida gardener how many seasons his state experiences and he may tell you two—summer and January. But even Florida plants need protection from our brief cold spells, and it takes a little more than throwing a sheet over them. Here are a few suggestions.

UF/IFAS Sites

• The Big Chill: Cold Protection of Ornamental Plants
• Central Florida Gardening Calendar: October-December
• Cold Weather Can Threaten Landscape Plantings
• FAWN: Cold Protection
• Gardening Tips: Precautions to Circumvent Cold Damage
• Gardening Tips: Preparing Landscape Plants for Winter
• Q&A: How to Protect Plants from Freezing Temperatures

UF/IFAS Publications

• Cold Protection (PDF)
• Cold Protection of Ornamantal Plants
• Gardening Tips Newsletter: January (PDF)
• It's Time to Protect Tropicals from the Cold (PDF)
• Many Plants Can Handle Slow Cooling (PDF)
• Preparing Your Plants for Cold Weather (PDF)
• Protecting Plants from Freeze Damage (PDF)
• Right and Wrong Ways to Protect Your Plants from the Cold (PDF)

Other Sites

• Cold Damage--Clemson Extension
• Cold Protection in the Landscape--LSU AgCenter
• Prepare Landscape for Cold Weather--Mississippi State University Cooperative Extension
• Protect Plants from Cold Weather--University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
• Winter Protection for Landscape Plants--Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (PDF)