The prime factor why some are not favorable to gardening at home is seeing their plants affected by extreme weather conditions. In fact, it is truly frustrating to see your plants die due to the scorching heat of sunlight or damaged by too much rain.

Climate plays a foremost influence on the growth of plants. In selecting plants for your garden, it is vital to consider the ones that could prevail to changing climate.

This aspect is the fundamental to make your gardening project a success, though several plants are able to adapt the weather conditions unfamiliar to their ecological habitat. Responses of plants are figured out by several factors like location of plants in the garden, exposure intensity as well as their maturity. It is vital to have thorough understanding of climate’s effect onto your plants so that your plants will grow healthily, attractive and productive. Combination of climate changes affects both soil and plants of your garden. Knowing the extreme changes of weather in your area aids in choosing the appropriate garden plants (the Danish call them haveplanter) which flourish in such conditions. Consider the following factors.

·         Warm weather – majority of plants are favorable to warm weather which is vital for germinating seeds and sprout. Especially in regions with colder climate, perennial plants require warmth to break its dormancy. Warm weather is needed by most plants such as fruits and flowers. They just naturally need warmth to be able to grow then produce. Some plants on tropical regions also require consistent days of warmth. Plants that require most heat are carambola, banana, allamanda, shampoo ginger, lobster claw, pineapple, mango, frangipani, as well as variations of citrus fruits.

·         Cold weather – there are also plants that grow well on cold temperatures. Such plants are camellia, winter sweet, leather leaf mahonia, holly, poppy, asparagus, parsnips, raspberry, almond, winter hazel, and apricot. Some in fact only produce on winter months while some requires cold period in order to properly grow. Many perennials die off in winter and come back on spring.

·         Snow and frost – frost could relatively injure even hardy plants, killing and freezing plant tissues most especially later in spring or early in autumn. Tender and half-hardy plants are normally vulnerable. With the decreasing temperature, surface roots might get injured and the entire plants roots might as well be killed. Alternate thawing and freezing of soil damages causing small, new plants heave out from the ground. Snow on the other hand helps in insulating roots as with plants which are low-growing but the weight could cause the branches from breaking and damage permanently the conifers shapes.

Ultimately, consider the local weather as well as the plant’s location within your garden prior to purchasing plants. This will help in certifying that your plant can survive with the changes of weather.

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