Your evergreen trees may look perfectly healthy in October, but what happens beneath the soil could determine whether they survive the winter without damage. While many gardeners focus on raking leaves, trimming shrubs, and preparing flower beds for freezing temperatures, one important fall gardening task often gets overlooked: watering evergreen trees and shrubs.
Unlike deciduous trees that shed their leaves, evergreens keep their needles or foliage throughout winter. That means they can continue losing moisture even when temperatures drop and the surrounding landscape appears dormant.
