Lots of snow cover....

But will it stay? Snow cover is very valuable to our plants. As is melts is of course provides moisture, and it protects the crown from harsh drying winds. In the spring, it keeps the plants at a more even temperature. With NO snow cover, the day time thawing in Feb. & March, with quickly dropping night time temps - refreezing, can push or 'heave' (as it is called) the plants up out of the ground. Not that they will totally be pushed out, but sometimes enough to expose some of the roots, and there lies the problem. If you notice this problem early in the spring season w/small plants, you can 'step 'em back in.' Large plants may need to be replanted. Just hilling up around them doesn't work. What will happen after the first rain...that's right!