Their theory is that these stalks catch leaves and provide some sort of winter protection.

The season ends when used Christmas trees are crushed to mulch for winter protection.

Leaving the dead flowers on may provide some winter protection for the new buds.

His guess proved correct, and even without added winter protection, few plants have been lost to the cold.

A perennial, but needs winter protection in a frame or greenhouse.

If winters rarely go below 5 degrees or so, little winter protection will be needed.

"But many of the winter protection strategies we suggest to patients who have skin conditions also apply to everyone else."

Many gardeners like to leave these old stalks about to gather leaves and snow as a sort of winter protection, but now they must go.

So she stopped taking any special precautions, and this led her to conclude that "your best winter protection is a healthy plant."

To which I might add: the best winter protection is to grow species that are naturally hardy in your area.