Comments on: Looking For Winter Hardy Outdoor Plants for Container Gardening/Potted Plants http://thenewsbase.com/2009/07/looking-for-winter-hardy-outdoor-plants-for-container-gardeningpotted-plants/ Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:44:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cat http://thenewsbase.com/2009/07/looking-for-winter-hardy-outdoor-plants-for-container-gardeningpotted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5354 Cat Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:15:23 +0000 http://thenewsbase.com/?p=1098#comment-5354 Simply potting something will not keep it small if it wants to be large. Go with something that is a dwarf to begin with, or learn some bonsai techniques. Boxwoods are evergreen, and stay small, and you can trim them into shapes if you like. Holly is evergreen, as well as inkberry - similar to boxwood in appearance. Any of the spruces or pines are evergreen - but you'd definitely need to big a dwarf variety. And most of them are bushy, not upright conical. One other thing...you don't mention where you live, but I'm asuming it gets cold enough there for deciduous trees to drop their leaves. If you get freezing weather, anything in a pot is in danger of having the rootball freeze. If you winters are mild, it should work fine. If you have sustain subzero temps, you might want to consider dropping the pots into the ground for Jan-Feb, the coldest months, or move them to a protected location (east side of the house, out of the prevailing winds), and insullate around the pot with straw or leaves to protect the rootball. Simply potting something will not keep it small if it wants to be large. Go with something that is a dwarf to begin with, or learn some bonsai techniques.

Boxwoods are evergreen, and stay small, and you can trim them into shapes if you like. Holly is evergreen, as well as inkberry – similar to boxwood in appearance. Any of the spruces or pines are evergreen – but you'd definitely need to big a dwarf variety. And most of them are bushy, not upright conical.

One other thing…you don't mention where you live, but I'm asuming it gets cold enough there for deciduous trees to drop their leaves. If you get freezing weather, anything in a pot is in danger of having the rootball freeze. If you winters are mild, it should work fine. If you have sustain subzero temps, you might want to consider dropping the pots into the ground for Jan-Feb, the coldest months, or move them to a protected location (east side of the house, out of the prevailing winds), and insullate around the pot with straw or leaves to protect the rootball.

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]]> By: superfantasticultramegaforce http://thenewsbase.com/2009/07/looking-for-winter-hardy-outdoor-plants-for-container-gardeningpotted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5355 superfantasticultramegaforce Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:15:23 +0000 http://thenewsbase.com/?p=1098#comment-5355 Evergreens! That's where they get their name, of course. Hollies will, too. There's a good list in the first link I've put in sources to indyzoo. Happy planting! Evergreens! That's where they get their name, of course. Hollies will, too.

There's a good list in the first link I've put in sources to indyzoo. Happy planting!

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]]> By: glenn t http://thenewsbase.com/2009/07/looking-for-winter-hardy-outdoor-plants-for-container-gardeningpotted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5356 glenn t Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:15:23 +0000 http://thenewsbase.com/?p=1098#comment-5356 dwarf alberta spruce dwarf alberta spruce

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]]> By: Kimberly C http://thenewsbase.com/2009/07/looking-for-winter-hardy-outdoor-plants-for-container-gardeningpotted-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-5357 Kimberly C Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:15:23 +0000 http://thenewsbase.com/?p=1098#comment-5357 Hi: There are a lot of dwarf shrubs that will do well in a pot and provide you with different colors then your normal evergreen shrubs. You live in a colder region but since they will be sheltered, yes stay on a watering schedule. You will not have to water them as much as during the growing season, but still important. I live in the southeast and bring my ferns and some catus in the garage for the winter. I water them throughout our cooler months. Some suggustions for you: Mop Cyress Sunkist Arborvitae Dwarf Hinoki Cypress Ruby Loropetalum Dwarf Hemlock These are just a few. When you pot them, put some light weight potting soil along with some humus and vermiculite. Add a little organic mushroom compost as this acts as an organic fertilizer for up to one year. It doesn't smell great but your plants will love them. Good luck to you and I hope this has helped some. I will direct you to my gallery of plants section of my website as well as my site map. Browse through and get some other ideas for your planters or any other landscape need you may have for next years growing season. Have a great day! Kimberly http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.com/Gallery.html http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.com/Site.html Hi:
There are a lot of dwarf shrubs that will do well in a pot and provide you with different colors then your normal evergreen shrubs. You live in a colder region but since they will be sheltered, yes stay on a watering schedule. You will not have to water them as much as during the growing season, but still important. I live in the southeast and bring my ferns and some catus in the garage for the winter. I water them throughout our cooler months.

Some suggustions for you:
Mop Cyress
Sunkist Arborvitae
Dwarf Hinoki Cypress
Ruby Loropetalum
Dwarf Hemlock

These are just a few. When you pot them, put some light weight potting soil along with some humus and vermiculite. Add a little organic mushroom compost as this acts as an organic fertilizer for up to one year. It doesn't smell great but your plants will love them.

Good luck to you and I hope this has helped some. I will direct you to my gallery of plants section of my website as well as my site map. Browse through and get some other ideas for your planters or any other landscape need you may have for next years growing season. Have a great day!
Kimberly
http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.com/Gallery.html

http://www.landscape-solutions-for-you.com/Site.html

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