2. Wrap the tree completely from top to bottom with burlap, securing the burlap to itself with pins or staples to keep it from falling off. Be careful not to pin or staple the burlap to the tree. 3.

Gardening Columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about treating spruce trees with winterburn, when to remove burlap wraps from evergreen trees, and if it's OK to trim an apple tree with a chainsaw.

With memories of boxwoods ravaged by last January’s bitter cold spell, many gardeners are trying to protect shrubs this winter by wrapping them in burlap. “That can do more harm than go… ...

Burlap is best used to erect a vertical screen or fence around a shrub to protect it in winter, rather than wrapping the fabric around its leaves and branches.