Re: Buddleia

Well Brenda, I am (among several I know) a queen of delayed 
planting.  <g>  I have discovered the hard way that they really 
do need to be planted.  I suggest the real question is less how 
they will survive the winter but is what will be the best for 
them in the long run?  Planting and moving, heeling in and 
sinking the container are all viable options for surviving the 
winter.  I would not leave them in containers and either leave 
them out or bring them in; it is unlikely they will survive 
that.

If you think you will have the bed prepared in the spring of 
next year, I'd most likely just sink the pot.  There isn't a 
whole lot more growing they will be doing this year.  If you 
think there is a chance that you won't have the bed ready until 
summer or even autumn, I'd heel them in.  If you are anything 
like me (who never gets as much done as I think I can), you 
should heel them in.  Then they will have root room, can grow in 
decent soil, get better nutrients and so on.  Even though they 
are late risers, the roots will continue to operate long before 
the plant shows new growth.   

Jaime, who determined that the elderberries she "heeled in" more 
than 18 months ago will remain where they are.  ;-)

> Don't know if this belongs in the perennials or woodyplants list but
> think I'll start here.
> 
> I picked up a couple of Buddleia davidii ("Black Knight") bushes at
> the local Eagle Hardware -- they were too cheap to resist.  Well, that's
> been at least a month or more ago and the poor things are still not
> planted.  Now I'm having second thoughts about where I thought I
> would plant them.   So what would give them the best chance of surviving
> the winter:  plant them and then most probably move them next spring 
> (shades of Jeanne's shasta daisies), sink them still in their pots some 
> where temporarily (this is how they are right now), bring them indoors
> and allow to go dormant, or ??.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Brenda Spaur
> Denver, CO   Zone 5
> 
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