Looks great! I just got hit with EHD ( especially hungry deer) and am sure Ian going to have to replace. Dag numbit!

SCG, sorry that it happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ostrich, the stems are rather flexible and you should easily be able to lay the plant down to the ground for winter. The problem you'll notice is it needs a long hot growing season in order to ripen and harden off, otherwise much of the new growth will freeze right back. The first few years, I had covered it with about 3 inches of peat moss and then let this freeze hard (to keep mice from burrowing into it) and then put plastic over to keep moisture out and later piled snow on top. This plant requires work if it's to obtain any real size in this climate and it's likely going to be more frustration than satisfaction.

Thanks for the great information, Terrance! Do you think that it would work if I just wrap it with burlap rather than putting it on the ground? Regardless, I will need to do some work for it this fall then!!!! Thanks! So far, it is looking very happy in its new location but winter is the real test here... sigh!

Unfortunately, I believe that burlap will provide very little protection when the temperatures plummet to bitterly cold values :(