OVERWINTERING PERENNIALS

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Author Message   Sheila  My Weather Posted on Friday, September 07, 2007 - 02:49 pm EST :    Hi Can anyone give me some tips on over wintering small perennials that I have been growing in containers all summer ? They are hardy and full and I would hate to lose them after nurturing them all these months. I am in Westchester, NY, which is zone #6. Thank you Sheila Sheila - NY, Zone "6"   Lovinlife  Posted on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 - 04:24 pm EST :    The only thing I could recommend is that you give them plenty of light if you are over-wintering. But can you plant them in the ground? Now is the perfect time. Lovinlife - Utah, Zone "5"   Seil  My Weather My Time Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 01:01 am EST :    You can sink the pots if you're not sure where you want them but I would plant them too. Now is the best time. They'll still have several weeks to establish roots before frost and it's not too too hot and we should be getting more rain (I hope). Seil - Michigan, Zone "6"   Bulliedeux  My Garden Posted on Thursday, December 06, 2007 - 12:16 pm EST :    Sheila? What did you do? I agree with Lovinlife and Seil both. If they're hard in 6, Sept would've been a great time to get them planted and roots established. On the flip side, I've brought stuff inside to keep it growing to give it a jump start on blooming it's next year. If you don't have enough bright windows, some 48" double shoplights (which are cheap) can do just fine. This year, I brought a couple of variegated daylily plantlets. I also dug up the variegated snapdragons and have cuttings of a dark maroon snapdragon. The dark ones are rooting in the basement but the others are in big south windows at my office. Bulliedeux - IL, Zone "5b"

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