Deb

With your juniper, for next winter, you could find a side of the house that is protected from the sun or even a protected area in a flower bed and where you can dig the plant into the soil. Don't cover the greenery of course, but tuck the roots in for the winter. You would want to put it on the shady side of the house because you don't want a warm winter sun to get it started too early. I've removed plants from their pots, and I've also tried submerging the plants in the pots. You want to make sure too that the soil won't be in an area where the spring will bring excessive water from the snow melt. If it is a valuable pot, I think I would remove it from the pot to prevent water from causing the pot from cracking when it freezes. If it is protected from the wind, and excessive surface water, it should make it through the winter very nicely.

Then when the weather changes, dig it up and pop it back into the original pot or repot if needed.

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