You can do as you suggest. I have some in pots as well as in the ground. I use about a 15 inch clay pot. My pots are watered on a dripper, but you could dig your pot into the garden for the summer and then dig it up in the fall. It will get bigger every year,including the roots, so I would not use a smaller pot. Al

I've got the majority of my tender bulbs in pots. I am now hauling in probably 60 to 70 large pots -- about 20 of them are 20" diameter. Its quite the annual trek to and from the basement and barely heated garage, but they store SO MUCH BETTER and it eliminates all of the digging and replanting.

Colocasias respond beautifully to this treatment. I just stop watering them a week or so before I want them to come in, then cut off the foliage and plunk them down in the basement, keeping them dry and dark. Alocasias I don't trim, or don't trim all the way at least, and I do give them some light and enough water to keep them from drying out and dying.

Thanks! Do you both bury the whole pot? That would be quite a big pot to dig out. I was wondering if maybe I could sink it enough to prevent tipping, while allowing me a large enough projection to be able to wrestle the pot out again. I water constantly in that area, so it's not like it will dry out by being exposed. I might opt for plastic, to make the weight easier to handle.

You do not have to dig in the pot if you can maintain the moisture and the roots are not overheated by heat collected by the pot. If you use a plastic pot it should be a light color and not be subject to being blown over as the plant becomes top heavy, it could be tied down if need be. Al

I use my Black EE for drama on the patio. I do the same as denninmi. Big pots and drag them in to the basement and give them a sip of water once a month.

I have a lot of tropicals that are used exclusively for the patio. I have cannas, Dahalias, Glads etc. I would never have time to dig up all the tender bulbs that I grow for the summer.

My pots are so big they never blow over I do not use small pots because I grow more than one plant in a pot. My pots are planted like gardens,

I use my gardens for perennials the tenders are grown in pots.

Thanks! Tomorrow, I go looking for a big pot. It's about 15" tall now and unfurling it's first leaf. I'm planning to locate it amid some large hostas, so that will keep the pot cool, and make it possible to hide the wire I'll use to anchor it. I also thought of cutting some coat hanger wire, bending one end into a hook, hooking it over the lip, and driving the straight end into the ground.

I just potted it up. There's a lot of bare dirt around the stem/top of the bulb. Any ideas for shallow rooted plants that would look good with it? I'm striking a blank. Especially considering I will be bringing it in for the winter.

I like the Campanula poscharskyana. It is a light colored green foliage, small leaves with a large amount of lavender flowers, small star shaped that will drape over the container edges. To me it makes a really nice contrast to EE you are growing. Al