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overwintering daylilies & freesia in containers
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Posted by klew Z7b/8, NE PDX, OR (My Page) on Mon, Oct 26, 09 at 18:50
| I have some daylilies and freesias in containers. If I store them in the garage for the winter, with a little water now and then, will they make it to next spring?
Thanks, as always, for your help & time.
klew |
Follow-Up Postings:
RE: overwintering daylilies & freesia in containers
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| I'm not sure about the freesias but I personally would not bother with the daylilies even though they are in containers. Dormant varieties are hardy to zone 2 or 3. Some evergreen types are a little less hardy, zone 4 or 5 max. I've never lost one to cold, in the ground or in containers. |
RE: overwintering daylilies & freesia in containers
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| Daylilies don't need special care for winter in Portland. I would not put them in the garage. They aren't bulbs and don't necessarily want to be dark and dry. I had over a dozen in pots last year do just fine in my pot ghetto. Our winters aren't anything for them to worry about. I do not know if Freesia will live through the garage treatment or not. Never tried it. I know they won't make it outdoors....that I have tried. |
RE: overwintering daylilies & freesia in containers
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| The daylilies will be fine, as above posters have said. No need to bother with them. The freesias are both frost tender and easily rotted in cold damp conditions. Best to dig up the bulbs and store those in the garage. No soil, no water, no light, no green foliage. Just dry bulbs in a paper bag. That's how they're sold after all, just like a tulip or daffodil, in warmer climates where they're appropriate for outdoor planting. Here we only see them as florist plants it seems. |
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