How I overwinter shrubs and trees in containers

[@lchugh6187]

What commitment! Standing outside in the rain and snow to make this video. Girl, inside with a warm drink would have worked. But, we thank you.

[@sibylc2908]

I was admiring the interesting-looking evergreen behind you at the beginning of the video, when it moved, and I realized it was a Newfie. 😆 Past time for new glasses, apparently.

[@sharonschneider1745]

I did the same thing! 🤣

[@sibylc2908]

@@sharonschneider1745 🤣

[@carolynnelson4454]

OMG… Your dog was sitting next to you, and until he/she moved, I thought it was a bush! Too funny.

[@margot9260]

Haha, I was going to say the same.

[@jeanie4186]

Same here

[@HorticultureGeek]

I just about lost it when you said “the damn shredded leaves”. 🤣😂🤣😂 great video!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

I figure people are like, "We get it .. you REALLY like leaves!"

[@gardengatesopen]

@@TheImpatientGardener I really like leaves too! So yeah, I get it. 🍁🍂🍁

[@bernadette1510]

Never to much shredded leaves!!!❤️😄🍂🍃🍁

[@gardengatesopen]

Makes THE BEST compost!!! I have Live Oak leaves. They're super thick. They take about 3 years to break down, (even after crunching them up w the lawn mower) but I've got a good spot to just let that happen, so it's all good!! And then I get rewarded with that heavenly leaf compost!! ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@GrannysGarden]

Oden's big hairy coat made him impervious to the sleet but you were hatless and gloveless but you finished the video....I salute you! Lots of good information too.

[@sarahjones-jf4pr]

Thank-you from another down to earth gardener person in the U.K!

[@ankabubanj5483]

Hard condition to work... So thank you!... Interesting as always... Stay safe...

[@tanyafiol9378]

What a trooper being out in that weather! 😉Thanks for the info 👍🏻

[@bryonyhellis]

You are a trooper finishing that video in the pouring sleet! Thank you!

[@hannahitzin2389]

Great information! Also what enthusiasm you've shown to be out getting progressively soaked to get us these answers! You're a trooper!!

[@nhunter6506]

Thanks! I was just wondering about my potted plants and this helps! Well explained!

[@HowsItGrowing]

Always happy to see you! You’re a powerhouse. 💪🏼 you also reminded me I forgot to put my fig in the garage. ☃️😩

[@susankilpatrick2918]

Thanks for the tip to put the pots up off the floor. You are a trooper! Good info as always - thanks.

[@susanhorn3342]

Thanks so very much for this, because I’m a novice.👍🏻

[@marilynmcgillick2931]

Perfect timing! Just moved 6 shrubs into the garage yesterday because we got hit with a snowstorm today (NJ)! Good idea to put on either bubble wrap or pot feet. Thanks!

[@seemagandhi9605]

Thank u for the video. Hope you both are doing well.Stay safe and feel better .

[@carolinamoonslilenglishgar8580]

Interesting to see how other people care for their evergreens, great vlog thanks 👍🏻

[@michellecjackson4956]

glad you are ok, love the dog!

[@leahness3588]

Prayers that you all stay well.❤🙏🌲🌹

[@crittergirl3647]

Loved seeing your twinsie black coats 😍 I have a variegated red twig dogwood in a faux terracotta pot. It started as a quart sized plant, has been cut back multiple times and thinned out aggressively once or twice each season. Have only replaced it’s soil once in 2019. After 5+ years, it has to be moved into someone’s landscape next spring, it’s just too big. They are foolproof in a container and are low priced. Plan to get another small shrub this spring.

[@Braedensground]

I have had my red twig dogwood cuttings root in their pots of winter designs. So in Spring when the leaves begin to bud cut them and stick them in a pot to grow into shrubs. You can use powdered rooting hormone or not. keep the pots from drying out. I do the same with my Annabelle and Incrediball hydrangeas too. (hydrangea arborescens) Free new plants!

[@michelebushnik2874]

Beautiful pots to be protected! Thank you!

[@lindaleach7954]

I just came across you channel and find it very informational. I notice that you are struggling moving the heavy pots over the threshold into the garage. From experience I find it easier to pull the hand cart vs pushing to make this job easier and doable for one person. Thanks for your time in making the videos!

[@deananderson2143]

Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

[@aletoaleto727]

Great tips!!! Thanks so much for the tips!! 🤗

[@susanwingblade1799]

Thank you! Sooooo helpful! I have some boxwood topiaries that I started during the summer and I wasn't sure what to do with them. Thanks so much!!!!

[@mrs.riche3939]

Hope you both stay healthy! My new motto for 2020 " Stay positive, test negative " ❤

[@susanmango4593]

Thanks Erin. I forgot what zone are you in? Left my boxwood outside in a covered area with some "damn shredded leaves". Hope they make it.

[@awebb470]

Hello my friend just like to say fantastic video you have taught me something new today thank you and I like to wish you a happy New Year to you and your family thank you❤❤❤💖👍

[@TheUltimateGardener]

Love the video Erin! Keep your hard work up! Hopefully we can collab one day! Happy Gardening!🌱🌿

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thanks Erin, especially for freezing your tush off for us. I hope the all is well, means the test came back negative. Just wondering if you have any other children besides Oden and your other puppy? I forgot her / his name. Have a very Blessed holiday season. 💚🙃

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Yes, all negative, thank you. Dorothy is the other dog, and nope, we just have the two dogs and one crabby cat.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Do your plants mind not getting much daylight Erin? But as least they’re not out in the freezing cold. Oh your weather has changed. We are having so much rain in England but it’s not that cold yet. Stay safe 😍

[@sbffsbrarbrr]

Hi Erin, I came to this channel from Garden Answer and really enjoy watching your videos, especially since I am in north east Illinois, so we are the same zone I think. I don't overwinter anything in containers yet but was wondering about the pots. I've acquired several very large terra cotta containers this year but have no room to store in garage or shed. I've read that the best way to over winter is to empty out and slightly raise off the ground. Will this work well? And have you checked Facebook Market place for some of your containers? There are amazing values when someone wants to change up but needs to get rid of what they already have. Thank you for all you share!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Yes that way should work just fine. I have several outside left in place in just that fashion. I think my Facebook marketplace here must stink because I never find all the good stuff that everyone else seems to find!

[@darrinmc]

Do evergreen shrubs need to be brought out into the sunlight during the winter or can they stay in a garage that doesn't have much light the entire time? I have a container azalea that I am overwintering in Massachusetts.

[@TheImpatientGardener]

I've overwintered boxwoods in the garage (again, with just a tiny north facing window) successfully for probably about 8 years now so I think that works. I'm not sure if complete darkness would work though.

[@jcbfree]

I love the videos so far. Will catch up this winter on the rest. I found you via Laura and Aaron. I live west of Appleton so our zones and climate are similar except you are by the lake. Regarding the roses and putting leaves around them how do you keep the voles and chewing critters out during the winter? I see little tunnels thru the snow. I used chicken grit on the top of my poor rose that needs to get moved this spring. Do you sprinkle the mole/vole repellant around it when you layer leaves? Also didn't see a link where you got the plastic rose collars. Can't wait to watch more videos. Thanks for your help.

[@karentemple5619]

Thank you!

[@leslielomot8969]

what do I do with winter containers ( the pretty ones we made) when a snow storm hits?

[@mrchlorophyll4950]

Thanks for the information. Do you find that the shade affects the potted evergreens too much? I understand that the deciduous shrubs aren't actively photosynthesizing, so a garage's shade is fine. But for evergreen (or maybe just boxwood in this case) do you ever have any problems with them in the garage? I'm guessing that since boxwoods are quite shade tolerant, they probably don't mind, but I wonder about other evergreens (even though I think they go semi dormant in the winter). Thanks again.

[@Braedensground]

I have found that overwintering evergreens inside my unheated garage don't fare well unless they get bright light. Found out the hard way that semi evergreen perennials like potted heuchera and hellebores ( coral bells and lenten roses) are best planted in the ground or heeled in temporarily. I got mine in 2 weeks ago here in East Central Illinois zone 5b. First snowfall last night just over an inch. It was 60 degrees for 3 days last week.

[@mrchlorophyll4950]

@@Braedensground Thank you for sharing your experience with evergreens and semi-evergreens. Strangely, I have a gardenia (sun-loving evergreen) sitting in my dim, unheated garage - it's been there for a month or more now, but the thing isn't showing any signs of stress. Really weird. It hasn't lost any leaves or had any yellowing leaves; instead it's just about as green as it was in the summer despite not getting any direct sunlight in the garage. Nature has its own rules it seems!

[@ikillprettythingz7947]

Damn shredded leaves 😂 or damp either way got me laughing. We have the same weather 😣😤

[@anitahadley2871]

Dorothy say, screw this, I’m going inside. I love that pot that the rose is in. It’s a great shape.

[@marthabourassa7909]

Thank you for this! This is one of my biggest obstacles. Question: Were those pots concrete?

[@TheImpatientGardener]

The big ones are some sort of stone/fiberglass combo type of thing (got them at the Restoration Hardware outlet ages ago).

[@MS-cl5lz]

That's not a dog - that's a BEAR !!! LOL !

[@ieeshamroczek6583]

Dam girl u look cold and rainy. Sugar melts get inside. Oh an thanks for rhe info

[@jjay6432]

"sugar melts" aww😊

[@eileenchang2173]

Wear a hat please! Comment coming from someone who grew up in Canadian winters in Quebec and Ontario! Thanks for all these plant pot tips and stay safe!

[@thepiquinggardener4660]

I have wrapped an iron planter in bubble wrap to protect the tree planted within. The pot was not at risk, but I wonder if the bubble wrap would also protect a terra cotta pot? Have you ever heard of doing that?

[@kerrydibiasio3784]

I love how you tell us why your wearing masks? Foreshadowing all the "why are you wearing masks"? Lol! Great info as always!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Yes, I knew there would be questions!

[@JJ-fm3hr]

@@TheImpatientGardener you know us so well! hahahah

[@MonicaKatie]

I have a juniper I bought but didn’t put in the ground. I put the nursery pot inside a larger pot and then wrapped with burlap in the space in between the pots. I sure hope that will be ok. Maybe I should bring it into the garage on very cold days? 😬

[@TheImpatientGardener]

I think bringing it in and out would be onerous, unless you were to get a really bad cold snap. If your ground isn't completely frozen yet, you can always dig a hole and put the whole thing, pot and all, in the ground and then dig it out in spring too. I like your insulation idea though.

[@MonicaKatie]

@@TheImpatientGardener thank you for the suggestion. It is a great idea. We are getting over a foot of snow today but maybe at some point I can do that. In the meantime I brought it inside the garage. This video was very timely for me. 😊

[@rosejohnson973]

Have you had any trouble with boxwood blight - just lost 30 English boxwoods!

[@ClaysArtFacePainting]

When I saw her dog. I thought of a bear. 🐻 lol

[@ksero1000]

Could sinking potted trees and shrubs down into old tire walls and covering the soil & stuffing the space with old linens be an okay idea?

[@TheImpatientGardener]

I think that could work, although I think you’d be better stuffing the space with wood chips or a lot of leaves for a better insulation benefit.

[@ksero1000]

@@TheImpatientGardener Thank you! 😊

[@GardenEvolution]

I have a few I need to get in...like yesterday 🤣 and we just got dumped on 🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@emkn1479]

I have hollies in pots and really want to leave them out. I was thinking of wrapping the pots in bubble wrap topped with burlap. Do you think that would be enough protection in zone 6? They are not frost free 😕 P.S. I’m 99% sure that the hollies are plenty hardy.

[@TheImpatientGardener]

I think its worth a try!

[@LinusCello75]

If you repot to a larger pot, you may want to try lining the interior of the pot with bubble wrap. This will help prevent the pot cracking with freeze/thaw

[@emkn1479]

@@LinusCello75 Great idea! I just potted them this year. The pots are pretty large and they have a lot of room to grow, but in the future I will keep that in mind! You just don’t think of these things when it’s hot and humid 🤦‍♀️ They are pretty thick pots, so I’m going to do this and hope for the best 🤞

[@chanthana7694]

Omg, is that a bear 0:44? Lol

[@sandy-rr1by]

that pup looks like a bear!!!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

And that's the small one!

[@Flower_hoarder]

🪴Helpful ‼️🌳

[@VikingJay17]

Who else thought that was a shrub that got up and walked away 😅

[@lindaleach7954]

Oops..."your" not "you"!

[@louievdo7631]

I wish you'd let me know what zone you're in it isn't the same for everybody not

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Zone and specific location is always in the description of every video. I'll save you the trip ... zone 5.

[@corinnacorinna_]

Hi there love your channel! Where do you find those shade clothes?