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Ornamental grass and prennials
I acquired several pots of ornamental grass, and assorted prennials free from our local Agway; they were going to throw out all the remaining perennials and told me I could have all that I wanted free so I loaded up my car. The weather has turned cold here so I did not have time to put them all in the ground I moved them all into larger pots and lined some of them up against my stockade fence, and some are just in my garden in pots I also got several other types of plants some had no tags in them so they are mystery plants to me. My question is will these plants survive the winter in the flowerpots? Is there any quick easy ways to protect them, until I can plant them in the gardens in the spring? Pam |
Ornamental grass and prennials
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Ornamental grass and prennials
On Nov 9, 6:59*pm, whitedove007 wrote:
I acquired several pots of ornamental grass, and assorted prennials free from our local Agway; they were going to throw out all the remaining perennials and told me I could have all that I wanted free so I loaded up my car. The weather has turned cold here so I did not have time to put them all in the ground I moved them all into larger pots and lined some of them up against my stockade fence, and some are just in my garden in pots I also got several other types of plants some had no tags in them so they are mystery plants to me. My question is will these plants survive the winter in the flowerpots? Is there any quick easy ways to protect them, until I can plant them in the gardens in the spring? Pam I work for a landscaping company & we have perennials in our greenhouse. Our grasses & shrubs get taken down below for the winter & mulch them in the pot. We recently took our perennials outside & simply put a tarp over them. At least half of our leftover plant material should survive. We also make sure to cut the plant material back. Its really just a gamble trying to get any potted plant material to survive over winter. We are located in zone 4. |
Ornamental grass and prennials
On 11/9/2008 3:59 PM, whitedove007 wrote:
I acquired several pots of ornamental grass, and assorted prennials free from our local Agway; they were going to throw out all the remaining perennials and told me I could have all that I wanted free so I loaded up my car. The weather has turned cold here so I did not have time to put them all in the ground I moved them all into larger pots and lined some of them up against my stockade fence, and some are just in my garden in pots I also got several other types of plants some had no tags in them so they are mystery plants to me. My question is will these plants survive the winter in the flowerpots? Is there any quick easy ways to protect them, until I can plant them in the gardens in the spring? Pam I have no problem in keeping perennials outdoors year round. Even the light night-time frosts we get in the winter do not affect them. However, your climate might be quite different from mine. Questions such as yours should always include some information about where you live. -- David E. Ross Climate: California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ |
Ornamental grass and prennials
On Nov 10, 12:02*pm, "David E. Ross" wrote:
On 11/9/2008 3:59 PM, whitedove007 wrote: I acquired several pots of ornamental grass, and assorted prennials free from our local Agway; they were going to throw out all the remaining perennials and told me I could have all that I wanted free so I loaded up my car. The weather has turned cold here so I did not have time to put them all in the ground I moved them all into larger pots and lined some of them up against my stockade fence, and some are just in my garden in pots I also got several other types of plants some had no tags in them so they are mystery plants to me. My question is will these plants survive the winter in the flowerpots? Is there any quick easy ways to protect them, until I can plant them in the gardens in the spring? Pam I have no problem in keeping perennials outdoors year round. *Even the light night-time frosts we get in the winter do not affect them. However, your climate might be quite different from mine. *Questions such as yours should always include some information about where you live.. -- David E. Ross Climate: *California Mediterranean Sunset Zone: 21 -- interior Santa Monica Mountains with some ocean influence (USDA 10a, very close to Sunset Zone 19) Gardening pages at http://www.rossde.com/garden/ Thank you every one for your response. Sorry I forgot to tell you what zone I am in. It is zone 6 Greensburg Pennsylvania. We have snow here today but it should go up to the lower 40’s on Friday. Someone said they just put a tarp over the plants, this sounds very easy. Do they need water during the winter months? Even know they have been snowed on twice some of the grasses are still green, should I cut them all back? Or wait until they die of from the cold. If I use the tarp method, do you still need to mulch around the pots? Sorry for so many silly questions, I just want to protect as many plants as I can so I can re-landscape with them next spring. Pam |
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