It's still early January! Spring is a way off yet! Don't forget that the Beast from the East didn't arrive until late February!
Indeed, @didyw There's usually little to choose between January and February in terms of cold, so we've not yet quite reached 'mid-winter', as defined by average temperatures measured over the years.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
@didyw Indeed, we have to be on watch is 2 February. Around that day, we had snow in the South in 7 out of the last 14 winters. The next critical time could be around 2 March.
However, my snow record tells that snowflakes in November, no further snow over the winter. We had snowflakes at the end of November.
Snow is generally not a problem as far as shrubs are concerned though. It can actually be an insulator, which is why alpine plants exist where they do. It's only a problem when it's more than a few inches, and no one would be pruning, let alone much else, when it's like that. Wet and then freezing, especially if it's over a period of time [rather than a one off] is a bigger problem.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm still stuck on the questions of "English Natives".
I take from that term that Simone is seeking help from folk who have lived in England a long time and are likely to have more understanding of coping with English conditions than she who previously lived and gained her gardening experience elsewhere.
I try not to be pedantic about terms that may have different connotations for those whose first language isn’t English, accepting things in the manner in which I believe they are intended. 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Indeed, we have to be on watch is 2 February. Around that day, we had snow in the South in 7 out of the last 14 winters. The next critical time could be around 2 March.
I ♥ my garden.
Wet and then freezing, especially if it's over a period of time [rather than a one off] is a bigger problem.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My job covers 19 time zones and 199 countries. “English natives” is a term we use at work = be 100% English.
I ♥ my garden.