Last year we bought two containter Thuja Smaragd mid-summer and a boxwood and enjoyed them on our balcony in pots with soil and when autumn/winter rolled around we proceeded to protect them from the cold and wind and snow in ways we had read about here and elsewhere.
We've just unwrapped them a few days ago and the boxwood looks in pretty bad shape as do the thujas but I have to be honest, we're novices at balcony gardening and we're not truly sure what we're looking at in terms of condition. We only did one thing after unwrapping which is that two days ago we did a full rinse of the soil until it was drenched and then allowed to run dry.
Do you think it would be possible to look at these photos and gently tell us how hopeless we are with plants or perhaps there is some mercy in the world and we've actually not ruined things too terribly?
Thank you!
