Bulbs: Forcing Bulbs for Outdoor Containers, 1 by LeawoodGardener

LeawoodGardener wrote:
I have set aside an area in my garden that I use as my winter 'holding' area. If I didn't use this area, I could sink the pots in areas of the garden where there are no perennials. Optimally, the site should have some winter sun - this bed is shady in the summer, but during the winter, when the leaves are off the trees, it gets some sun.

During the summer this is a bed of annuals (this year it also held a red banana tree). A recent frost claimed the begonias in this bed and I dug up the banana to hold in the basement for the winter (I strip off the leaves and knock the dirt off the roots to allow it to go dormant in a dark room). I had the bed tilled and I would have placed the pots in the ground by now, but we've had three days of rain, and I don't like to dig in the mud.