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Originally Posted by ethanopia
Vance,
I've seen the disscussions about your planters here before.
My question is do they require any extra protection in the winter? Is it safe to heel them into a growing bed and mulch them? Or should they be kept in a cold frame off the ground?
-Ethan
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Hi Ethan: You do not want to burry them at all at any time, this defeats the concept of air and light pruning. I don't treat them any different in winter storage than any other of my trees but I do not grow many things that one might consider sensitive. I do keep a couple of Japanese Maples in the garage because they are considered difficult, ShiShi Gashira and Keyo Hime. If you feel better about it I have racked mulch around them, but there have been times that I did not and I saw no difference.