Keep Your Evergreens Looking Fresh

The holiday season is here, which means decorating your home with lots of fresh greens including decorated Christmas trees, perfectly placed mantelpieces, fragrant evergreen garlands, and welcoming swags and wreaths on our front doors.

With the colder weather comes drying winter winds and scalding, reflective sun. We protect ourselves with puffy jackets, woolly socks, fleecy gloves, cozy hats, and scarves… but how do we protect our plants? Luckily, there’s a simple and easy solution! Wilt-Pruf keeps your planted and cut evergreens from drying out so they stay healthy and full all season. This is a great way to protect live evergreens from winter weather and keep fresh-cut holiday greens looking beautiful. Even better, it is made locally in Essex, CT. Best yet, it never expires!

In the winter, evergreens suffer from drying winds, frozen ground, and hot sun. Plants that hold their leaves (needles) suffer the worst. The ground is frozen, so the roots cannot take up the water the plant needs to keep the needles plump with moisture. The drying winds suck all the water right out of the needles and to add insult to injury, the sun comes out and bakes the already drying needles.

Wilt-Pruf is best applied around Thanksgiving for outside plants and any time for cut greens. Coat your evergreen trees and shrubs, and spray down your wreaths, door swags, mantelpieces, and kissing balls. Do the first coat before temperatures are consistently below 32 degrees, and reapply when temperatures peak back to the ’40s. Be sure to spray this solution on an overcast day, avoiding application on bright and sunny days.

Get the most out of your holiday decorations from Van Wilgen’s and protect your precious evergreen investments. It’s simple… just Wilt-Pruf them.

Hint: To protect more than just your evergreens, try using Wilt-Pruf on Hydrangeas and Rose canes to get them through the harsh winter months.