Georgia Gardening: too many plants still in pots!, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
There is a point where you either have to plant it in the ground, start root pruning, or risk losing it. I have several conifers and Japanese Maples in pots for 2 or more years. I've lost a nice large cryptomeria and two metasequoia so far and two of the Japanese maples have dropped most of their leaves due to lack of water. I had a hydrangea P.G. in a pot for 4 years and finally planted it last year. It hasn't grown much (maybe it is permanently stunted?) but it is happier in the ground than the pot - a lot greener and bushier.

The one thing I am reluctant to plant is bamboo. I have three 22 inch pots of bamboo and won't be putting them in the ground anytime soon. I may have to move these up to 36 inch pots next.

Here is one plant I finally put in the ground at the old house after being in a concrete urn for years. Now I wish I had kept it in a pot to move here. It more than doubled in size in just a couple of years (golden weeping deodar cedar).