How big are they Scottish?

If possible I'd heel them in somewhere out of their pots so they can keep going for a while if necessary. You must have had huge wind damage Scottish, I know lots of our friends did.

I was thinking about a temporary plunge bed, but keping them in the pot until you are ready..if they are large they will benefit from having the pot removed.

I would not worry to much, if you had not brought them and no one else had then they would still be sitting in the garden centre, if i am doing a planting scheme for a client then this time of the year i look round the garden centres for any plants that are in the sale, these i will leave in the pots until planting out March/April time, just make sure they dont dry out.

As long as they're watered when needed and fed when growing, you can keep them in pots for as long as you want

Yes Scottish I to have left plants in pots until able to get them planted out.

Be great to see before and after planting .

Good luck.

Agree, they're fine in their pots - you will need to keep an eye on them during drier, sunny spells in case they need water, particularly from March onwards.

Thanks all. Answers as was needed - thankfully :)
MG...not enough room to heel them in - without going to the bother of lifting turf just now. This was the job I was going to do before the fences come down. Fortunately, there is only around 30m of fencing down on 2 boundaries. Unlike some I have seen or heard of I have got of quite lightly :)
It really shouldn't take so long if my neighbours were of any use!! Both men are useless at any sort of work like this therefore to keep costs down I choose to do it myself. I hate paying for work which I can do - it justs takes me a wee bit longer on my own :))
Pimpernel what is a plunge bed? Please forgive my ignorance :)
Juien - that was kind of what I thought but just needed to make sure!!
Andy thank you for confirming :)
Kath...I have been taking pics as I go - will probably do a blog - all the timber for the fencing was delivered today. Have spent the week repatriating the shed back to my own garden, dismantling what was left and digging out all the holes for the posts!
Bamboo - thank you....I hope it doesn't take me til March :)
Thank you all again :)

http://www.seasonalgardening.co.uk/ideas/plunge_bed_for_cuttings.html

Could even be in a large box!

This looks like a great idea. There are 4 or 5 smaller pots that I could give this a try. Thanks P x

As you know all my stuff is in pots Scottish and they are fine...You are more northerly and the risk of root damaging frost is greater..I would do this on a small scale just to be safe.