Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Time to plant?, 0 by ceejaytown

ceejaytown wrote:
Well, it's not planted in a pot. It is sitting bare root in a pot. It doesn't have any leaves. Just wants to make leaves desperately. No windows in the garage. Last year we planted it in the ground - no pot. It loved it. And the weather is so wacko - it's been unseasonly warm all winter, very mild, with cannas and fan flower blooming and then last weekend we had a light freeze! Way past the average last freeze time, which is approximately March 6 here. Our weather is generally mild in the winter, with that occasional arctic front. My hubbie had already dug its hole. I can't move it in and out - way too big (I think I'll have to cut a hole in the ceiling when we take it into the garage this year! See photo...) Temps are in the 80's in the day and 60's at night. That would indicate that it would be OK, but last weekend scared me. Usually it is above 50, but no guarantees. You're in 10b so I presume you just leave them outside? I guess I'll just take the plunge and do it. And pray.