Winter hardy options for keeping pots

Large selection of hardy trees

In principle, every native tree is suitable for a bucket culture. The millennia-old already proves this Bonsai culture in Japan. However, you should only use species without taproots and those that remain small by nature or through breeding. These require much less care than large trees, which need a lot of attention when grown in pots. Prefer for this reason columnar trees as well as dwarf variants of common species. Trees that are grafted on low-growing roots and very slow-growing species are also well suited for container culture. Here are a few well-suited hardy candidates:

• Common yew (Taxus baccata)
• Dwarf pine (Pinus mugo)
• Dwarf white pine (Pinus strobus)
• Dwarf larch (Larix kaempferi)
• Juniper (Juniperus communis)
• False cypress trees (Chamaecyparis)
• Boxwood (Buxus)
• Japanese maple (acer palmatum)
• Japanese cake tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
• PagodaDogwood (Cornus controversa)
• Willow (Salix), for example the harlequin willow (Salix integra 'Hakuro Nishiki')
• Dwarf Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba 'Mariken')
• Dwarf fruit trees, e.g. B. Apple, pear, cherry

Properly care for the winter hardy tree in the pot

Whether your hardy Potted tree actually feeling good and staying healthy depends primarily on the right care.

Winter protection

This includes, for example Winter protection, which is also absolutely necessary for hardy potted trees. The reason for this is the small amount of substrate in the pot, which does not offer the roots any protection from freezing. Therefore, you should take these protective measures during the winter months:

• Place the pot on an insulating base made of styrofoam or wood
• Wrap the pot with fleece or insulating foil
• Root area with fir or spruce branches / straw or similar ä. cover
• Move the pot up to the wall of a house

Watering and fertilizing

That Fertilize should be discontinued in July or August at the latest, depending on the type and variety of the potted tree. This gives new shoots the chance to mature in time for winter. From August you also reduce the watering amount in slow steps so that the tree can only be used in the winter months There is still little watering - but do not forget the water, because the plant has even in winter Thirst!