wintering over- tender plants

In a message dated 12/22/01 4:20:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, Meum71@aol.com 
writes:

<< I have one other plant I am trying to over winter- Teucrium scorodonia-  
 there is ten or so growing in a 5.5 inch pot but they keep drinking water so 
 I a going to cut them off and put them in the fridge too.>>>>

I wish I was your neighbor.  I have some space and you could use it.  

Here is another story.  We had a fairly large Laurus nobilis (bay leaf) in a 
tree form.  One year I succeeded in rooting some cuttings and the big one had 
to go.  Ed buried it in a huge pile of wood chip mulch and it survived.  It 
survived two winters that way and then we gave it to a friend.  We are zone 4 
and the bay has no outdoor chance to live here.  I would think that heaping a 
huge amount of something insulating would save a lot of plants although it 
would be some work.  
 
 
<<<< maybe next year we can have a plant swap- I will have a lot of things I 
 cannot over winter and would not mind trading for seeds or other plants. 
Lots 
 of dianthus  especially - won't have room for them all. >>>>>

Paul, in a small way we do also have a pit.  There is a trench dug along one 
side of the house foundation.  It is located there as some warmth is 
available from the above freezing cellar walls.  We use the trench for potted 
bulbs, mostly single early tulips, which are easy to retrieve as the trench 
area is never frozen solid.  There is a wooden cover over the trench and the 
bulb pots are covered with wood chips making it easy to retrieve them in late 
January and February.

Claire Peplowski

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