Try to market to the clientele there. If they are upscale, than you can probably charge enough to recoup your cost of planting them in a nice pot, strawberry jar, or whatever container. If they are down to earth, they won't pay the extra cost, and marketing them cheaply is probably the way to go.

Cactusmcharris, The xeric garden is more or less undulating.........some high and low spots, by design. I have the cacti, succulents and others that don't like wet feet on the higher areas. As it is in your climate, the enemy here is winter wet, not so much cold temperatures. It's very open so it's airy, gets full sun all year, and I think the crushed stone mulch helps to hold a little warmth in winter, and keeps things dry and clean. This garden is fairly new, so the plants are still spreading, but I see the Sempervivums creating nice colonies now.

Yes, they do get a little more sun each day than they did when they were in the ground. However, I always thought they liked sun and dry. Maybe I should move the birdbath and see what happens. Or I could water more. Or does anybody think I should give them some fertilizer? I've never done that before, but maybe I should try. They look otherwise healthy though. Maybe just too much sun and too hot and dry this year. Thanks, Sandy

peren trumps all again .... dump them out of the pot ... throw them in the veg garden ... cover with light mulch.. and forget about them ... store pot appropriately ... repot in spring ... they are not house plants ... zero degrees means nothing to them ... the garage would be fine .. with a zone appropriate plant.. temp is rarely the issue in winter ... its the pot warming and heating during warm spells.. bringing stuff out of dormancy.. or accumulating water like you note ... desiccating winter winds.. freeze drying them.. or the roots.. etc ... the best example of this might be that.. if it was covered by snow all winter .... it would be insulated from all the other bad variable... if you have so much faith in your friends method. .. ask her to take care of your pot for the winter .. in trade for a batch of muffins or some such ... you might find out she may have stretched the truth.. lol ... big city name would help us.. i dont have all zip codes in mind .... with my MI and 40 years of experience.. i would have no expectation of a clay pot not exploding or falling apart.. just dump them out .. and be done with it.. the H&C themselves are nearly impossible to kill .... if you treat them as ma nature would ... rather than dreaming up all these plans with pails.. and leaves.. and muffins.. lol ken