Have you wrapped them like this before, Chris? I think I'll probably get too cold a couple of times for that to work. I'm a miserable failure at successfully covering, wrapping or otherwise protecting anything from freeze damage. It just never works for me. They are either inside safe or outside and goners.
Looking at your photos made me think of successfully scoring on containers this week. A fellow here advertised tree pots for $1 ea. He had/has loads of them which he got in exchange of cleaning a place. The owners had formerly been in the landscaping business. I got 20 containers for $20. I've used one already, but if I can get the brugs through the winter again - even if they are only cuttings - they'll have a bigger container next year. They were in big clay containers, but two still got so top heavy they tried to uproot and fall out. I had to prop them up to keep them in the container :). Getting enough potting soil material probably won't be as cheap.
