Cable
Omono
It's time for me to start deciding what to do with my collection this winter. Last winter I lost 7 trees: one crepe myrtle and two distylium (none of which were hardy to my zone anyway), two jap maples, a bald cypress, and an amelanchier.
This year, I've already brought inside the only tree not hardy to my zone (brazilian rain tree). The rest of my collection consists of (left to right) an azalea Karen, Ohio buckeye, Canadian hemlock, Chinese elm, japanese maple, chionanthus, dwarf burning bush, Shawnee Brave bald cypress, Holger juniper, juniper pro nana, dwarf mugo pine, three more pro nanas, a trident maple, and a peve minaret bald cypress. I also have another jap maple that isn't in this shot.
Last year, I overwintered in the north-south breezeway between my house and the garage.
I set most of the pots on the ground up against the house and covered them with leaves. I put the holger juniper closer to the garage and half buried it in the ground. My logic was they'd get a little heat from the house and be protected from most wind.
I could also put them between the front garage and back garage (which is where they are now).
I thought about putting them under the existing benches, though that is on the south side. I could also put them against the back garage which is north facing. One issue there is I often get winds whipping through that east-west corridor. Of course, I could also construct a cold-frame of sorts by draping plastic over the benches.
I also had thoughts of putting the deciduous down in my root cellar, which is under the back garage. I checked it last winter and it hovers right around freezing. My only worry is the humidity is quite high down there and I'm concerned about mold.
On that note, I was also going to treat everything with neem oil before they're put away for the winter.
Thoughts?
This year, I've already brought inside the only tree not hardy to my zone (brazilian rain tree). The rest of my collection consists of (left to right) an azalea Karen, Ohio buckeye, Canadian hemlock, Chinese elm, japanese maple, chionanthus, dwarf burning bush, Shawnee Brave bald cypress, Holger juniper, juniper pro nana, dwarf mugo pine, three more pro nanas, a trident maple, and a peve minaret bald cypress. I also have another jap maple that isn't in this shot.
Last year, I overwintered in the north-south breezeway between my house and the garage.
I set most of the pots on the ground up against the house and covered them with leaves. I put the holger juniper closer to the garage and half buried it in the ground. My logic was they'd get a little heat from the house and be protected from most wind.
I could also put them between the front garage and back garage (which is where they are now).
I thought about putting them under the existing benches, though that is on the south side. I could also put them against the back garage which is north facing. One issue there is I often get winds whipping through that east-west corridor. Of course, I could also construct a cold-frame of sorts by draping plastic over the benches.
I also had thoughts of putting the deciduous down in my root cellar, which is under the back garage. I checked it last winter and it hovers right around freezing. My only worry is the humidity is quite high down there and I'm concerned about mold.
On that note, I was also going to treat everything with neem oil before they're put away for the winter.
Thoughts?