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sandy0225 · 11-17-2011, 08:08 AM

I'd say they are borderline for leaving outdoors in your zone at that size.
If you're not experienced or good with indoor plants, or have a nice sunny warm place to put them or a grow light indoors, then that being said, I'd leave them outdoors.
If you leave them out, mulch the area about 6' around the plants with about 6" of leaves.
Then place several bags(8-10) of leaves in a big mound over the top of the plants. Top that off with a plastic tarp to shed water.
Around here in zone 5, I've not had any success overwintering them the first year if they were less than 3 feet tall.
If you bring them in barerooted and store them in the basement, you're likely to make them permanently dormant at that size.

11-17-2011, 08:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
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