RE: overwintering pots question
perennials@hort.net
  • Subject: RE: overwintering pots question
  • From: &* M* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 08:38:55 -0400
Hi Cheryl, 
Soil below ground is warmer than soil in pots above ground during winter. 
Here in zone 5 Indiana, pots like yours need to be insulated.  Wrapping in 
bubble wrap can help. Sinking the pot in the ground might work but what sort 
of drainage does your pot provide?  I have potted perennials in the fall for 
20 years now and huddled them in a group and thrown leaves over the top and 
covered the perimeter with insulation. I put the least hardy in the center of 
the group.  Works pretty well.  

Kitty

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf 
Of Cheryl Isaak
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2016 7:44 AM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: overwintering pots question


Hello All,

This year, I gave into Kent Beauty oregano  - which I’ve lost before. But it 
is so so lovely

Potted it this time in a pot with other perennials which should be more 
hardy. Do I overwinter the pot buried in the hold bed or under a tree or 
should I nestle either on the covered porch with my terra cotta pot or 
against the house but still open the weather


Thanks
Cheryl  (southern NH where we are supposed to be dumped on this winter 
PLEASE!)


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