"Wishy13764" wrote in message
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They are showing their beautiful Fall colors and soon all the leaves would
drop. I have to bring them indoors after that, because on coming winter
would
kill them, even insulated. My question is, once they are indoors, and
leaves
dropped, should I water them from time to time until spring, or just
ignore
them? My one outside in the ground usually takes care of itself, with the
periodic snow and rain periods and lasted me all these years, but
obviously the
containers ( doing this for the first time ) are another story.

Dig a hole in a raised bed area and bury the pots to the rim in the soil. As
soon as the weather becomes cold, place a ring of wire around the pots and
fill the area with leaves to the top.You might have to add leaves as they
settle. Remove the leaves as soon as the weather begins to warm up in the
spring to avoid smothering. I've kept pots of C. myrtlettes alive and
growing in pots for three years in zone 6, which are supposed to only be
hardy to zone 7.

John