Plant protection from snow and cold temperatures.

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We have been forecast snow on tuesday and wednesday nights with warmer days.What do i do to protect plants and which plants do i protect?.I have lots of pots of mixed bulbs and a cherry tree about to blossom.Do i need to cover them in fleece?I have also planted some acidanthera and ranunculus corms recently.Do these need protecting?What about the magnolia [with lots of buds on]?Can anyone advise me?

I would get fleece, you can get it in poundland

This is really annoying - I only took the protection off my outdoor pot plants the week before last! I used bubble wrap, which kept everything healthy through the winter. It was cheaper than fleece - just leave gaps for the air & water to get in.

I'm still covering my big planters with bubble wrap overnight. Had a hard frost last night and lesser ones the previous 2 .

Think I'd better follow your example, UniS. Dammit.

I planted some sweet pepper seeds last week, when it was all lovely and warm. That pot is wrapped up, but they're going to fail aren't they :(

I can see a trip to poundworld is beckoning!.I only have 6 metres of fleece which isn't enough.I'm not sure whether my neighbors will think i'm a bit of a plonker wrapping up my cherry tree. Though i only planted it last year and i really want to see it flower.I shall also dig out the bubble wrap, if i can find where dh has put it.

I have new plants indoors still: pepper, tomato, courgette, aubergine and cucumber, have only put strawberries and herbs out so far, not worth risking it for the sake of a few more weeks!

I've got a blueberry bush in flower on my balcony (it's in a pot) - do you reckon it would be OK to bring it indoors overnight or would the heat traumatise it? I don't have any bubble wrap or fleece

not sure, I thought blueberry was hardy?

sorry, I'm a gardening dunce. Will look up hardiness of blueberries!

here you go:
apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=85

Am also worried about my beautiful cherry tree about to blossom - sob. I've got these great fleece bags which were only a couple of pounds from a garden centre and really easy to put over the plants in pots with a cord tie. I'm keeping my cordyline wrapped up but worried about the damn sweet peas I planted out (far too early arghh).