Specialty Gardening: perennials in containers, year round, 1 by revclaus

revclaus wrote:
Noreaster, I don't live in New England and don't have the snow cover you do in the winter. But we had the worst winter in a decade this past winter, and here's what came up despite the snow and cold. Columbine, clematis (3 kinds), Jacob's Ladder, chives, hostas. I've had lilies, tulips and other spring bulbs, ferns, astilbe, a climbing rose and a peony come back after overwintering. I've even had water garden plants come back that were frozen in a solid block of ice in the container. With a little protection you can plant a lot. The best place for mine over the winter is close to the building (I live in a high-rise apartment building on the 6th floor). Give it a shot!

Here's my Social Climber after overwintering it one year.