So that one is not in Virginia yet. In May I make my long road trip to California to retrieve the west coast collection and my wife gets to see what I’ve been hiding away out there for all these years. Perhaps I can convince her that divorce is way more expensive than bonsai?
However, I do have a couple of other Ashe Juniper here. I winter them in the unheated high tunnel. They do experience nights below freezing, but, because of the high tunnel, generally thaw during the day, even when the outside temps are below freezing. In the high tunnel, no wind and no frost. When temperatures get down in the low 20s, I put them on the ground. When they fall into the low teens or single digits, I put them in the barn where I have a space heater to keep things a bit warmer.
So far, there has been no problem with the Ashe juniper. They have grown very strongly all summer and have seemed to adapt easily to the Virginia climate.
- S