My order of three species of each of these genera arrived just before the
weekend. I ordered them so they'd arrive in the second half of April, based
on what the last few years here have been like. However, over the last
couple of weeks we have seen temperatures as high as 25 degrees Celcius,
followed a day or two later by daytime highs of -2 degrees Celcius. Today
it was well over 14 degrees Celcius, and yet I heard a weather forcast for
tomorrow calling for wet snow. I am wondering if it remains too risky to
put them in their final destination yet, or if I should pot them up and then
in a couple weeks go through the usual process of hardening houseplants that
are to go outside. And if I should put them in pots, would they do well in
those biodegradable pots (e.g. Jiffy pots, which are made out of some kind
of fibre - designed to minimize transplant shock by allowing one to just
place the whole pot in the ground, or so the package says) in ordinary
potting soil. All six have broken dormancy.

The vendor thought that putting them in pots would be higher risk than
putting them into their bed and perhaps covering them should the
temperatures drop too much. What do you all think?

Cheers,

Ted