Preparing Outdoor Potted Plants For Winter

Hardy cyclamen cyclamen hederifolium and cyclamen coum are neat free flowering plants perfect for growing at the base of trees and shrubs or naturalising in grass they work well in winter pot displays and can be planted into the garden after they have flowered.

Preparing outdoor potted plants for winter.

Winter container gardening is tough you have to protect plants from wind harsh sunlight and drying out. Outdoor container gardens usually involve annual plant species that are simply discarded in the late fall and replaced with new plants in the spring. On perennials that have finished for the season cut back stems to 6 to 8 inches from the ground. Begin preparations well before that first freeze or you may lose one of your prized plants.

In dry winter areas that don t freeze or have little snow water perennials once a month to keep them alive and healthy. In all other areas cut back on watering to help plants harden off in preparation for winter. Potted plants winter care is important because there is not much buffer between the roots and the outdoor temperatures making roots more sensitive to cold than those in the ground. Potted strawberry plants are a bit more susceptible to the freezing temperatures of winter than those planted in the ground.

But with that said winter care is pretty simple and straightforward as long as you bring them in out of harms way. Even plants that are hardy to your zone can be hit hard when planted in a container in the winter.