I have my 6 in pots on my patio. I'll keep them here until they loose their leaves then take them up to my cabin in Northern Michigan and plant them probably end of September, early October when they go dormant. This way no stress is put on them! I did upgrade the pots on 2 of them, they were kinda low on soil and leaning real bad. They didn't seem to mind the transplant! I picked up 2 Yellow Delicious, 2 Red/Jonathon and 2 different Crabapples(Indian Magic & Robinson) for $40.00 all together! I might go to a different Lowes this weekend and see what they have as well!