Do hostas fare well over the winter in planters?
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Our ground is exceptionally rocky so planting can be difficult at times. I was thinking of using planters instead but don't want to kill my plants off.
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would depend on your grow zone; pulling and storing roots might be an option -- https://ask.extension.org
It depends on the zone you live in. I'm in zone 5 and I let my potted hosta stay outside until we have a freeze then bring them into the garage for the winter.
In about April I take them outside to start their cycle again.
Not knowing where you are located or what zone you are in I'm going to base my comments on my zone 5/6 Washington state, cold snowy winters. I have hostas both in the ground and in planters. I plant in a combination of good potting soil, vermiculite, and bark fines. In the winter I either move my plants onto my covered porch or leave them where they are, but tip them onto their sides. Left standing upright, freeze/thaw/freeze and repeat cycles will turn the soil into a giant ice cube and the roots into mush.
Good luck.
Depends on where you are.I'm in central North Carolina and they do fine in planters or in the ground here.If you live where the groung freezes hard for long periods,I would put them in planters that you can move into a garage,shed or under the deck over winter with straw or shavings heaped around the pots.
Have host a in original planter. Take it inside the garage before those nasty Cleveland winters begin, and yes, he is blooming now! Got another variety and the garden center advised doing the exact same thing, and pouring a small amount of water onto them 3 times or so in the winter.
For answers questions are what is your location?
The will do fine in planters. I have 4 planters full of hosta. They die out in the winter. I move the planters to a location near the house that doesn't get a lot of wind and cover them with leaves. I also plant some in pots in the ground, and cover with leaves as well. They come back every spring.
Thanks everyone. Sorry about not putting my location down, still getting used to posting here. I'll have to look up the zone here in Pennsylvania. Looks like I'll have to try digging to plant though.