Re: perennials in containers - experiences ?

Hello Beth,
    We grow a lot of large pots around here each year for our own pleasure
and for display. My wife, JoAn, does most if not all of the pots around
here, although I am now playing with hypertufa troughs in the shade garden.
    One of her arrangements I like very well this year is medium size gold
foliage hosta with midnight claret heuchera and Cimicifuga 'Brunette'. We
will probably leave this one together come winter and shove it into storage.
Most of the annual stuff gets dumped.
    We have a corner where we take all the large container to and place out
of the wind. We then make a wall around them with bales of straw. Leaves are
stuffed in between the pots and then they are forgotten until spring. Can't
remember loosing anything of importance over the years.
    Gene E. Bush     Zone 6    Southern Indiana
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, LLC
http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
>    I only grow annuals and tender perennials outdoors in containers (and a
> couple of dwarf Alberta spruce). I was wondering what experiences people
had
> with hardy perennials in containers - both shade and sun... what works
(and
> what you've tried that doesn't)... what makes for good combos in pots...
how
> large a container do you use ... anything special you do for winter...
I've
> seen pictures of mixed hostas in containers... Thanks !
> Beth (zone 5 MI near Traverse City)

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