RobG7aChattTN

I sort of took the hardiness of Basjoo for granted and moved three last late summer just expecting them to overwinter. Well, two were one gallon size and one was about a three gallon size. I mulched them all pretty well, but only the larger of the three overwintered. So for zone 7 just a few feet high was enough with mulch. On the other hand, the reason that I was planting out small plants late in the season to begin with is that I had decided to move my clump so I could put a greenhouse in that spot. I tried to overwinter them dormant in my basement in the same fashion as I had with Orinocco, Raja Puri and others. Well, the others did fine, but none of the basjoos made it. My guess is that basjoo needs very cool temperatures to stay dormant for storing indoors. My basement was around 65F in the winter but my guess is that 45F might be a better temperature.