But track bosses could put frost covers down and that would scupper plans.

Don't plant hydrangeas in a frost pocket, as new flower buds are prone to frost damage.

The sunshine has caused grape buds to emerge early with little frost damage.

In a cold spring, some early blossom can be susceptible to frost damage, or take a battering from ferocious winds.

Protect globe artichokes from frost damage by creating circular ridges of soil, twigs and straw around the plant crowns.

These smaller types tend to flower slightly later too, so they perform better because they are less at risk of frost damage.

Bases are to be put on a 'frost protection' footing to guard against harsh weather.

They can be mulched in winter for frost protection.

They are the best form of heater to use in a conservatory; many also have a 'frost protection' setting to stop pipes from freezing.

Generally speaking, the two huge flowering kinds are not so hardy and need frost protection through winter.

I let the fallen leaves lie on our perennial border until spring, hopefully as a frost protection and as a mulch.

Resist the temptation to walk on decent lawns when there's a hard frost: you will leave foot prints that take a while to heal.

Hard frost earlier this month has worked wonders on well-dug heavy soils.

It's thought that the circles formed as foam on the river and froze during a hard frost at night, before bumping together when temperatures rose.

There are few more mesmerising moments in nature than a good hard frost.

It will be interesting to see which tender plants have been damaged by three weeks of hard frost.

I could see a very heavy frost and a layer of mist a foot deep hovering off the lake.

So protect those precious young trees and shrubs if heavy frost follows precocious growth.

It will not tolerate long periods of dryness or heavy frost.

This was succeeded by a blizzard of snow and two nights of heavy frost.

The weather was extremely cold, a heavy frost covering the surface of the earth.

These plants will be ready for planting out once the danger of late frost has gone.

Walnut trees, for example, are hardy enough but their new growth can be damaged by late frost.

These can be nervous times for many gardeners wondering if a late frost could appear on a calm, clear night.

This, along with no late frost, meant that flowers and young fruit survived into summer.

If you prune too early, the new growth can be hit by a late frost.

Other works are dusted with a light frost, as if written with a worry that emotion might turn things to mush.

So once the first light frost has ruined the foliage, lift and store them.

A light frost helps to get the leaves off potted fuchsias, but take them indoors before any serious frosts.

It has little resistance to frost conditions, but may endure a sporadic light frost where it occurs at its altitudinal limits.

In the winter the plant easily tolerates light frost and wet (if well-drained) soil.

Later in the week expect high pressure in the west, bringing lighter winds but colder nights with severe frost and freezing fog.

A forecast of severe frost has also left the meeting in doubt.

Last winter, their numbers were distinctly reduced after the very severe frost and snowfalls.

With the weather forecasts warning of severe frost, why were both matches not brought forward?

In the autumn, the first severe frost will knock the plants back - the leaves and stems should then be cut down to ground level.

They grow well in sun and shade, flower nonstop from the last spring frost to the first frosts of autumn.

Not all wheat farmers are cursing the weather, though, as the warmer winter and lack of spring frost have allowed certain kinds of 'winter wheat' to thrive.

And once they start coming into leaf and need the light, it can be hard to find a place to put them that's light but protected from spring frost.

Warm, temperate areas with at least five months without frost can start seed 8 to 10 weeks before the last spring frost.

Some common viticultural hazards in the region include spring frost, drought during the growing season and summertime hail.

Every square yard dug before the hard winter frost will be easier to cultivate next spring.

Beautiful double flowers in lovely pastel shades, blooming from early summer to winter frost, come with this free flowering plant, which has a rose-like fragrance.

Or, stored dry, they are also handy to protect the crowns of tender plants from winter frost.

The winter frost may not yet have cleared but you have a hankering to get outside and breathe in the crisp, dry air.

Usually winter frost keeps down the population, and summer sun sends them deep underground in search of moisture.

A fruit which will withstand frost, even if the plants don't, would be a revolution and save waste.

They make good garden plants because they are easily raised from seed, flower at two years and withstand frost.

They will not withstand frost and extreme temperatures.

Evergreen plants, such as pine trees, withstand frost although all or most growth stops.

South of the border subdivisions are characterized by plants that can not withstand frost.