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Horticultural Expert Weighs In On Recent Cold Snap.

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University of Illinois Extension Service
Lilac Shrub in Bloom. Stock Photograph From U of I Extension Service.

This past weekend saw the thermometer dip below freezing in parts of southern Illinois, southeast Missouri and western Kentucky.  Sub-freezing temperatures can damage tender perrenials.

WSIU visits with Austin Little, Horticulture Extension Educator with the University of Illinois Extension in Murphysboro.

To learn more about proper care of landscape shrubs and other vegetation, browse to: https://web.extension.illinois.edu/plantclinic/

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