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Posted by jmark z6 NJ (My Page) on Tue, Nov 3, 09 at 16:42
| Currently have three green velvet boxwoods in plastic pots and was looking for feedback if I should plant them in the ground now or attempt to overwinter outside or in a garage or more sheltered site (outside garage facing east).
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RE: Green Velvet boxwood
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jmark,
The rule is a plant or shrub is safe in a pot 2 hardiness zones lower than being in the ground.
So, your hardiness zone is 6.
The boxwoods hardiness zone is down to 4.
So, you are fine to either plant it in the ground if you want, or leave it outside in a pot. Either way, your fine.
If you want to leave it outside, you can dig a little hole for each bottom of each pot, and stick it in the hole.
You can also mulch it a bit if you want.
They like sun, so I would keep it in a nice sunny place, and if you don't get rain or snow for 12-14 days in a row over the winter, water it.
Good choice in shrub by the way, they are nice plants. |
RE: Green Velvet boxwood
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| Mmmm. Zone 4 for boxwoods? Maybe for a particular cultivar. Otherwise, they're iffy in zone 5. And why not plant them? Now is the time. |
RE: Green Velvet boxwood
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| I'd plant them. Actually, I have planted them. While I think their first winter may have been fairly mild (for here) they came through unscathed. |
RE: Green Velvet boxwood
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| So far, I've had "Green Mountain" variety boxwood survive and grow for me for two growing seasons here in Zone 4. Reliable snow cover is a real plus. I wouldn't be planting anything now in my zone, but if I were in Zone 6, I'd get them in the ground asap. |
RE: Green Velvet boxwood
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| Here in zone 6, you can plant into December, and many nurseries do so. |
RE: Green Velvet boxwood
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| These green_______ boxwood crosses are hardy in zone 4. I would plant it here in zone 4 right now if I were in your shoes. I would probably wrap it in burlap (after planting) for the winter since winterburn could happen, usually does here in zone 4 the first winter. |
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