I believe that no pot should be left behind. If you have pots or containers that can withstand the sometimes harsh and unpredictable winters like we have here in Michigan, you should fill them with evergreens. As you can see from the photo's in this post, this is not a Holiday display, but just a way to enjoy the winter season with some greenery, and not have your pots go bare through the winter.
Do not try this with Terra-cotta pots , they will crack, if not this year, then the next, or the year after that, it's best not to take the chance. I have lost plenty of pots from our freezing and thawing weather, even the one's that say "frost proof" are not safe here in our zone. Concrete, metal, wood, wire, and fiber plastics can safely survive outside all year long.
Evergreens work well in winter pots, branches and sticks also do just fine too. Take a look around your yard, if the snow does not destroy it , it will probably work. You can add even more interest by using artificial and hardy preserved materials such as Eucalyptus. Natural materials won't look fake through the winter so keep this in mind.
Frozen soil is almost impossible to work with, no one wants to be chipping away at frozen dirt in a attempt to stick in evergreen branches.
In a up coming post I'll show you how to do a winter arrangement that can be done in the comfort of a garage or basement, and then installed outside. You have no excuse for leaving a pot
behind
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