On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 18:11:14 -0000, "Tony Benfield"
wrote:

thanks for that, my green house is frost guard heated at the moment- would
that matter?

"Tony Benfield" wrote in message
...
I have recently bought some young plants-
a Philadelphus and some Cornas Alba.

I have put them into pots temporarily, as the area that I am going to
plant them up in, won't be prepared until spring.

my question is should I leave them outside (as they are at the moment) or
should I put them into the green house for protection?

thanks in advance

Tony.

They'll be fine outside but the roots will be vulnerable to frost
unless you plunge the pots in well drained ground or in peat, compost,
or inulating material like woodchippings, bracken, straw etc. When
most shrubs were sold bare rooted in the winter you would simply have
'heeled them in' (planted temporarily) until you were ready to plant
them properly.

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