When a heavy snow falls, its weight can bend down the branches or even the trunks of evergreens in a way that looks alarming. Never fear. These shrubs and trees are built to take it, says Doris ...

In today's "Fielding Questions, columnist Don Kinzler shares the safest way to remove heavy snow from evergreens. SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE Get 1 month for just 99 ...

GARDENING GERRY DALY WHEN the recent scatter of snow fell, it highlighted the presence of evergreens in the garden. Snow falls right through deciduous trees but it lies on evergreen foliage.

Snow is great insulation for plants, but when the layer is sticky and thick, damage quickly mounts, especially on evergreens or other trees and shrubs whose branches trap snow.

As for shrubbery, if evergreen branches at ground level are being split apart by heavy snow, it might help the shrub recover more quickly if snow is gently broomed or brushed off the branches ...

In the winter, trees branches can get brittle. As the snow gets heavier and especially if there is an ice cap over the show, touching or moving the snow could break the branch.

However, even during last winter’s heavy snowfalls, none of the shrubs in my garden — including the evergreens — needed to have any snow removed from branches. If large evergreen branches do ...

Snow is in the forecast. If snow builds up on the branches of trees and shrubs, here is a reminder not to hit the branches to knock snow off. This method of snow removal can result in branches ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Spring snow is notorious for causing downed power lines and broken tree branches in Colorado. This in part is because leaves are starting to grow on trees, creating more surface ...

Tree limbs that have already leafed out couldn't support all the weight of the snow that fell in Fort Collins Thursday. When those trees snapped, they took down power lines leaving thousand from ...

COLORADO, USA — A May storm could bring heavy, wet snow to Colorado's Front Range, much to the chagrin of your tree branches. Here are some tips for removing snow from trees: Be aware that ...