Overwintering Glads and Rain Lilies

I ordered some shorter gowing glads that I'm thinking of placing in a container this spring, also some rain lilies. Does anyone know if I can overwinter these in the container or do I need to go through the hassel of digging them up, cleaning them and storing in peat moss?

I don't know for sure but I think that as long as the glads are kept dry and above freezing they can stay where they are. I store most of mine in a paper bag inside of a cardboard box that sits on my unheated basement floor. I do have some glads that stay in the ground all year, they are against the foundation on the south side of the house. They come back every year.
Andy P

I don't know for sure but I think that as long as the glads are kept dry and above freezing they can stay where they are. I store most of mine in a paper bag inside of a cardboard box that sits on my unheated basement floor. I do have some glads that stay in the ground all year, they are against the foundation on the south side of the house. They come back every year.
Andy P

I don't know for sure but I think that as long as the glads are kept dry and above freezing they can stay where they are. I store most of mine in a paper bag inside of a cardboard box that sits on my unheated basement floor. I do have some glads that stay in the ground all year, they are against the foundation on the south side of the house. They come back every year.
Andy P

I don't know for sure but I think that as long as the glads are kept dry and above freezing they can stay where they are. I store most of mine in a paper bag inside of a cardboard box that sits on my unheated basement floor. I do have some glads that stay in the ground all year, they are against the foundation on the south side of the house. They come back every year.
Andy P

I don't know for sure but I think that as long as the glads are kept dry and above freezing they can stay where they are. I store most of mine in a paper bag inside of a cardboard box that sits on my unheated basement floor. I do have some glads that stay in the ground all year, they are against the foundation on the south side of the house. They come back every year.
Andy P

This year I've stored mine in one of those netted bags and have it hanging in my garage. Last winter I didn't dig them up as I was having a lot of physical pain due to Fibromyalgia. They came up beautifully and fuller than the previous year! We'll see how they do this year since I dug them up.

JoAnn

This year I've stored mine in one of those netted bags and have it hanging in my garage. Last winter I didn't dig them up as I was having a lot of physical pain due to Fibromyalgia. They came up beautifully and fuller than the previous year! We'll see how they do this year since I dug them up.

JoAnn

This year I've stored mine in one of those netted bags and have it hanging in my garage. Last winter I didn't dig them up as I was having a lot of physical pain due to Fibromyalgia. They came up beautifully and fuller than the previous year! We'll see how they do this year since I dug them up.

JoAnn

Beaker, You might be able to put the pots of glads away if they are dry. Clip the stems and try it. The rainlilies, if they are Zephr grandiflora, I let them die down and put box and all in a cold closet. I'm in zone 5a, which is closer to yours.

In zone 7 or so you don't have to dig them up. I leave mine in the ground and they come back every year.

I think I'm going to follow Wallaby's advice. She basically said that bulbs and tubers in their natural environment are not dug up, so why do it. I plan to leave all my bulbs and tubers that were planted in pots, in those same pots over winter. I will dig up corms, because I think you need to remove the old corm.

I grow a lot of plants in pots including shorter glads. My pots are overwintered in a 60 degree basement. The potted glads survive the over winter experience fine. However, those glads I left in a large container began their growth cycle several weeks ago and are near their regular height inside. The problem is lack of enough light to for them to realize their potential as all available light down there is used to raise seed and coleus starts. Those glad bulbs that had been dug up or depotted and bagged in mesh are still dormant and once planted outside I suspect will be far more healthy.

I was watching Rebvecca's garden and she planted a lot of bulbs into pots. She said to bring them into an insulated garage or someplace that is between 35 and 45 degrees all winter. Zone 4 is pretty cold, so don't think a garage would be warm enough for them. Try and unheated room in the house maybe. I bring mine in when I left them to take the cormels off and place them in a plastic bag with newspaper in it to keep them dry. I dry mine before I bring them in in the sun. But since you have them in containers, just bring them in and don't water them. Just keep them really cool as suggested or they may take to growing again and that would not be good until spring comes.