You can use many materials to cover and protect your plants. Burlap, sheets, table linens and frost cloth. You can purchase frost cloth at any of your local nurseries.
Do Not Use plastic. It can actually burn your plants.
I gathered my smaller containers together and then covered them.
I used burlap and a tablecloth on these containers.
These newly planted trees are covered as close to the ground as possible to protect the trunks also.
If your plants do get some frost damage, wait until there are no more possibilities of a frost to occur before you trim out the damaged part of the plant. The damaged part will help protect the young and tender part of the plant. If you trim too soon you take the chance of that new growth getting damaged if it freezes again. I know it is hard to wait, but be patient.
Nice pictures. Those frost clothes are well worth it.
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