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

On 11/9/08 6:59 PM, in article
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"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
Hi Pam,

I have no clue where you are. BUT I have buried potted plants in piles of
leaves, the compost heap and in the ground and had reasonable success.


But, don't leave them next the fence to bury them. You'll rot the fence out.

Good Luck
Cheryl

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.

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/

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