Hard Freeze Hits the Mid-Atlantic and South—Protect Spring Blooms

After weeks of warm weather during which temperatures reached well into the 60s and 70s in parts of the South, the region is now facing a St. Patrick's Day hard freeze. Forecasters are projecting temperatures to drop into the mid to upper 20s aver the next couple of days from Virginia through the Carolinas and down to Georgia, threatening shrubs and plants that have already awakened and started blooming.

While plants that are still dormant are safe, shrubs that have already awakened, including hydrangeas...