General Winter Season Tips:

• Install hardware cloth or other fencing that extends above snow level to keep animals away.
• Check perennials for signs of heaving; if this occurs, re-cover with mulch. 
• Oaks, honey locusts, crab apples, pears, mountain ash, and hawthorn are best pruned now. 
• Keep evergreens and shrubs free of heavy snow. 
• Determine what flowers and planting techniques worked last season and plan accordingly.

March

• Finish dormant pruning of ornamental trees. 
• Remove black-knot swellings on plum, chokecherry, and cherry trees.