Thanks for this, especially the reminder that we have nothing to lose by trying to overwinter our plants. I was beginning to take it all too serious. 🌱
I've overwintered a lemon planted by seed, wheeling it in and out every single morning and whipping back into the garage each night--to preventing freezeing in So Oregon. 6 years of this and this year it took off and branches above the roofline. I've taken some plastic sheeting and made a "curtain" to suspend from the eaves for this year---because it will no longer fit into the garage---wish me luck!
Hi Erin, Great video today, you just made me go out and take a cutting of my favorite coleus! I overwinter all my elephant ears right in their metal urns and ceramic pots. I let the frost take them down, cut the leaves and let them bleed all the moisture which can take some time . They go in an unheated garage. I am in zone 6B NY and do not get watered until late March. Next cannas, dahlias, calla lilies are stored as you do. I do cut back my geraniums by half or more put them in small containers, give them the most sun I have in the basement and water them twice during the winter. I have two very large angel trumpet tress that get cut back by half, just before a frost is predicted. Those pieces can be rooted easily in water if you are looking for more plants. I put them in the cellar, mostly dark, do not water and they basically go dormant till spring. My amaryllis plants are in pots, I put them in the cellar in darkness. the leaves turn yellow, remove and do nothing till spring. They always rebloom in May and June. I have 12 Christmas/Thanksgiving/Easter cactus that are outside all summer. I put them in the cellar just prior to the frost and they bud up in weeks. I water them good before they come in and then very sparingly after they bloom, again they go into a winter dormancy since the light in the cellar is very limited. Last year I cut back watering them during the winter to maybe 2 times and they did fantastic. Now you made me realize how much work I have to do in the coming weeks!
I over winter a gardenia that my children gave me 13 years ago as a plant of the month, tiny bush. It’s over 5 ft across and three ft high. Had over 35 flowers 🌸 this year and reflowered in late August too. Best year ever! I chop it in half and slow down the water until late spring. I do cannas and elephant ears , caladiums, dahlias and amaryllis too, only bulbs, love that gardenia.
I use fluorescent lights to overwinter my annuals and tropicals, using a combination of warm spectrum light bulbs and cool spectrum light bulbs. This gives the best results when I leave them on for about 16 hours a day. It makes me happy to have impatiens, petunias, and geraniums blooming in the dead of winter!
Perfect timing for this episode, any chance you could tell me what the tree/shrub is behind you when you are showing the purple bell vine and the tropical hibiscus. It sits just below the deck. I have had great success with keeping brugmansia (cut back to 1st knob) for about 10 years now. Th root ball gets huge but still manageable.
I overwinter all of my brugmansias in the garage. When i buy brugmansias either online or at a local nursery they always come in a tiny 4 inch pot. It take to entire growing season for them to get big enough to flower. They don't start earning there keep until the second or third year. I refuse to be without them. They bring such an exotic WOW factor to the garden. They are as addicting to me as dahlias are to other gardeners.
"If it doesn't make it I wont be upset because i at least tried" Great mindset to have! Im very frugal so i try to overwinter more things than I probably should, & when they dont work out it stresses me out, but I need to look at it the way you do- it's not actually SUPPOSED to live over winter, so if it doesn't oh well! I tried!
Congratulations! I just started watching your channel a week ago. You are so funny and real. I look forward to your videos. Thank you for sharing your garden life with us. 😁
I’m with you about brining plants in the house for winter! I’m in N GA and can store geraniums and a cat tail vine plant in the garage for winter. Sparse watering and they come back fine . I don’t go crazy. My father used to pull out his geraniums , shake out soil and hang upside down in his garage BUT this was in Buffalo , NY ! In spring he’d cut them back , pot up in house until leafing out ,or weather permits going outside!
My geraniums have been beautiful this year and I’m going to try the bare-root overwintering approach for the first time. Glad to hear it worked for you!
I’m Just watching this video now end of March. I’m zone 5b in Ontario just south of Ottawa. I’m happy to report that I brought 4 beautiful tropical hibiscus in, and they all survived in an east facing window of all places. They just started blooming. I let them really dry out between watering. And, for once, I didn’t have spider mites on them. They are the most beautiful colour I’ve ever seen, a mix of orange and pink and yellow on each individual flower, so I wanted to keep them. Plus, they weren’t all that big when I brought them in. Love your videos Erin!
You mentioned basil rooting easily. I managed to find that beautiful Wild Magic basil that you grow, at a local nursery this summer. I have some cuttings that have rooted, so I am going to overwinter them indoors. Thanks so much for all of your great content 😊
Last year I experimented with a geranium and an upright fuchsia - just cut them way back and stuck them in my dark, unseated garage. I’m in pnw 8b so it doesn’t freeze in there and evidently there’s enough moisture because they both did great. They looked horrible by the end of winter, but they bulked up quickly. My problem with most tender perennials isn’t cold temperatures, but rotting due to our long rainy season. It’s the reason most of us dig up dahlias. My next challenge will be a salvia. I’ve yet to have a zone 8, or even 7, salvia survive outside.
Awesome video…drooling over the Purple Bell Vine, I tried by seed to grow actually got one to germinate but lost after I transplanted…thanks for all the info Erin
Was just making a list of what I might try to keep over the winter. Every window in my place is above a forced air vent, so basement under lights is the only option. Potential saves are coleus, scented geraniums, black and blue salvia and some sedums. Cannas and dahlias are a given, and waterfall begonia baskets have worked pretty good for a few years now.
Great tips today. Always enjoy watching your videos. I'm zone 4b and try about every other year to overwinter rosemary. Never have had any luck. Each time I try a different method. Not happy about my success rate, but it's always fun to experiment.
Great video....thanks! I have been taking cuttings from my rose geranium for almost 35 years. (I do it same way you do. 3 cuttings per pot but for a couple weeks I just leave pot tucked under mother plant outside. Much dewier.) Of course they aren't hard to find to buy but I got sentimental about that particular one. There used to be a magical place called Herb Farm near where I live outside of Seattle. Sooooo many memories of them. Taking my 3 boys there, workshops I took, etc. World renowned restaurant too, which burned down and got rebuilt. Anyway, it closed down many years ago. So sad. So I keep the rose geranium going in tribute. Given many away. Bake cakes using the leaves in bottom of pan.....sigh. it's worth it.😄
This was a great video and topic! Your Purple Bell Vine is gorgeous!! I treat myself to Star Jasmine most years in the spring/summer and most times fail keeping it (once indoors) by about Feb/March. This year will be the year of success! ;) I like what you said, “at least we tried.” I am limited with good sunlight in my home so I don’t overwinter much, but I enjoy trying. Besides the jasmine...coleus, caladium, basil...and my best success has been a geranium for 8 years now!! :) Zone 5b
Watched your lemon sedum saving last year, you gave me an idea…..my take on it was to bring in one large plant, kept it growing in the basement under lights, but was quite spindly by Spring, but I cut the ends off and bundled 3-4 together and potted them in six pack tomato cells (6 total= 36 plants) put under lights for 4 weeks and ended up with very fresh good looking plants, with very little growing space. The lime color of the plant just makes everything else look better, it’s a winner for me, and inexpensive to have 36 plants in my garden!
Discovered Rex Begonias do amazing in my garden and will attempt to over winter as many as possible by various methods, leave cutting, stem cuttings and just bringing in whole plants.
I have kept a large pot of geraniums in their pot for the last 3 years. I move it in the basement by a southeast window well. They don’t look great come spring but they bounce back. I just potted up a variety of coleus cuttings to try to overwinter. I’ve had mixed success with Boston ferns. I have kept a chenille plant for five years now. I have some very large south facing window wells with shelves so I can keep quite a few things going.
Lol. I’m a huge procrastinator as well. Also, not in love with taking care of plants inside, just love my new garden obsession any reason to be outside especially as weather becomes a little cooler minus the sweaty humidity 😅 My favorite plant to bring inside is actually a bonsai succulent tree called the Desert Rose. I baby these little groots. They’re so weird looking since they have fat little caudex trunk bodies but beautiful plumeria type blooms. I have one shaped like a lion. It just formed that way. My dad had one that was huge, 20 years old it flourished in Sedona, Az where he lived for many years. After he passed away my mom left it in the garage here in KS during winter it kinda broke my heart to see something he loved die. So ever since I’ve decided to take care of new baby ones watch them grow. Hopefully keep them alive. Definitely not easy to care for because spider mites love these guys. Pruning is essential to keep their strange shape but they just go dormant in the house over winter. No real need for water just a little once a month. I might try to bring the gardenia inside but I always manage to some how kill those. Lol so finicky. My hibiscus keeps getting aphids also. Always love your videos! Especially seeing your beautiful garden. 💜😊
Thanks for your video and good tips. I am in zone 5, will bring Canna lilies to the garage and wrapped with quilt. And bring dahlia tubes into the basement.
Your timing is spot on! I was checking the forecast today for the next week to see whether or not I should bring in my Mandevillas and my Bougainvilleas. Since nighttime lows are forecast to be in the mid to upper 50s, I think I’ve got at least another week. I’m also very glad you discussed your Purple Bell Vine. I too struggled with seed starting but ended up with a small but seemingly happy plant. Nothing compared to yours, but it grew! I may try to bring that one in as well. The truth is, I have more room on my deck than I do in my house for all my potted plants, so some are going to be relegated to the basement for the duration of their dormancy. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for the timely guidance for this Zone 6Ber.
In our zone 5, we’ve overwintered rain lily, a huge purple leaf oxalis, also caladium and tigridia bulbs dormant in their pots. Have kept a huge hanging begonia going some years. Last year we brought in a Black Pearl pepper and a Sweet Pea tomato (both started by winter sowing!) The pepper did great and was huge this year, used cuttings of the tomato to get started this year. Some years we have brought in coleus pots because they are “just so darn gorgeous) in the fall, but haven’t had great success, so just buy plants now.
Great video Erin - very timely! I'm in zone 4, semi-arid climate. This year, I am trying to overwinter a variety of pelargonium/geraniums, Hebe, Coprosma, a succulent arrangement and a Black and Blue salvia. Have also started several cuttings of half a dozen coleus in water and will pot those up in soil later to hold them over. The geraniums and a fuchsia Boliviana will spend the winter in a Styrofoam cooler in my unheated garage (trying this for the first time). I have successfully overwintered a few large pots of Astilbe in the garage for several years. Good luck everyone! Fingers crossed! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Escargot begonias! I bought one 3 years ago. I take cuttings and overwinter them under my seed starting grow lights. I plan on trying some other begonias that flower, and a coleus this year that I absolutely fell in love with and can't stop staring at it.
I overwinter two different coleus (cut them way back and also root cuttings just in case; a mezzo plant (which always looks pitiful over the winter but revives every summer) a pot of lemon coral sedum, and plant that I think is Vics Plant(plectranthus Verticillatus.(fuzzy leaves, grows in a mound and leaves smell like vics vapor rub). Success 2 years so far. Fingers crossed for a third. Love those plants.
Wowza, your purple bell vines are glorious, so many blooms. Mine came out great from seed but grew only foliage this year 🤷♀️ It was still fun to try them and I can totally see why you would want to try wintering them over.
I think all of us northern gardeners know the it doesn't have to look good, just keep it alive til spring mentality for tropical summer plants to overwinter, so if we don't have to rebuy next spring edit: my list of overwintering golden pythos, rubber tree, snake plant, mosquito geranium, two aloe veras, two zone 8 miniature roses (new this year see how that goes since everyone knows how fussy roses are). Then for dry storage Dahlias and caladiums
Thank you so much Erin I was just outside looking to see what I can save. I want to try an overwinter my tangerine vine, Passion flowers, mandaville, and geraniums. I just took cuttings from a cinnamon petunia just to see if I can get them going 🤷🏻♀️I have dahlias elephant ears and so much crap I have no idea where ti begin.
Mandevilla is very easy to overwinter inside, and I have had a lot of luck with it. I just put it in a south facing window and it didn't skip a beat, and it even flowered around February.
I first saw a tip from Next Level Gardening, to overwinter my pepper plants. It worked out great for me; I got lots of peppers early this season, and the plants were beautiful and healthy all through the summer. Keeping them over the winter in a south-facing window wasn't even too difficult.
I have a poinsettia from 2018 and another one from 2019. It started as an experiment to see how long I could keep them alive. They look great and rebloom every year.
I overwinter several varieties of coleus, they don’t need very much attention and it gives me a jump start in the spring. I also overwinter lemon coral sedum. I also dig a small amount of rosemary.
Coleus. I like the more uncommon ones and they can be pricey, so I dig, trim back, and overwinter them. i also root three cuttings of each just in case the mother plant doesn’t make it.
I hear you about aphids on hibiscus. I was given a hibiscus one fall by a couple leaving for AZ for the winter. It did great, flowered profusely in my sun porch in Feb. The next fall, we repeated that, but it got covered in aphids to the point of, well, gross. I shoved it out into the snow and never had one inside again.
I'm in N. California, 9b 10a, so I don't really over winter anything. Even some annuals I can get a couple years out of. I do have trouble in my summer not being able to grow all the beautiful things you do because it get so hot and no humidity. No place is perfect. I did want to tell you that I grow Cannas from seed every year with great success. I do start them early and this year I'm going to add some heat, so I have an even better start. Cannas are a work horse in my garden.
I spent $20-25 each on 2 beautiful cordylines that I plan to over winter. I bought a different variety last year and overwintered it successfully and plan to do it again as well. I also was thinking about taking some cuttings of my coleus. It roots so easily in water, I will try your method of putting it in soil after the roots form.👍
I have successfully over-wintered Lantana and Dichondria Silver Falls (in the same pot) even though they have different watering needs. I'm planning to bring them in again this winter.
I generally stay away from plants that need to come inside. Much like you Erin, light is at a premium. Having said that, I recently learned that peppers are perennial, so I'm going to experiment with a couple plants this year. I also added some tender plants to my stock tank fish pond, that I'll need to overwinter or replace in spring.
I love to overwinter coleus and geraniums. I might have to get some grow lights in my basement to accommodate my babies. They are looking so fantastic and are so nice and big, so I don’t want to trim them. I don’t have enough window space to put them where I want to on my main level. Your plants are looking amazing!
I always bring in my passion Vine does well in the house .my angel trumpet comes in I know she is poisonous she gets the spare room and my coleus which has been coming in for the last four years and it just keeps getting better .love love the vine beautiful
Erin. Those are all the reasons I overwinter plants. My first go at this was last year and I lost all of them to Uri. Oh well. I get to try again this year and your video gives me new information and renewed hope. Thank you for doing this video!
So funny about the inside plants, this is me 💯!!! I’m always nervous to have a house plant, can’t even get my amaryllis to bloom. If I can get them in the ground, I know they will be ok! 🤣
Well, I am in Northeastern CT., so it's always a toss up about weather. So...I'm bringing in all the unique begonias I acquired, some coleus, and a Silver Shield like you. My problem this year is many plants are in containers that I love, and of course they will probably crack! Its always interesting to see what happens, even when things go "wrong"!! As always, thanks for your channel.
Loved this video--I've overwintered coleus, begonias, and geraniums successfully in an east facing window. This year I took cuttings and will try to pot them up and keep them under grow lights. I loved my PW double-up begonia this summer so I'm going to try to save it...fingers crossed.
I've brought in dozens of things over the years. The most rewarding over time is my dwarf Meyer lemon which is filled with fruit by now that will ripen in my mostly unheated (zone 7) sunroom. I will also bring in a myrtle topiary and some gardenias that I started from cuttings. I used to bring in a large tropical hibiscus and MMandevilla for winter, but decided a few years ago when they got huge that I could buy new in Spring if I missed them. I buy heliotrope every year and have considered taking cuttings of it as you did with your plectranthus because it is increasingly difficult to find here, but as yet have not bestirred myself to do do.
Coleus and begonia are all I've ever brought in cuttings for over winter (zone 5b in NY). I have a limited variety because deer and rabbits have feasted on some of my new trials, so every year it's a tossup what will make it.
Very timely video. I like to bring in my chartreuse Boston ferns, as well as coleus, perilla, and many other. I have a small greenhouse which help overwinter these. Love you videos.
I used to drag my Abyssinian Red Banana (8') in it's pot into the basement for years, let it dry out & the leaves wither in a fairly dark area with just an odd dribble of water now & then. Great success but now I am becoming too old for this heavy procedure. I do keep cannas & dalhias there as well but decided to try & overwinter them in the garage this year. I hope in my zone 5b, Ontario area near Niagara they will survive if I insulate them in boxes there. Love your videos!
Love this video. I am trying to overwinter a bunch of Colocasia, Purple Heart, and Sedona Sunset coleus. Put them in my “Shespace” by the window with a heater, humidifier and grow light. Hopefully this will be a success and I will have larger plants to start out with this next year
I bring in geraniums and angel wing begonias every year. I put them in south facing windows and they bloom well all year, so enjoyable for us through winter. This year I grew caladiums in pots to add color in my hosta border. I brought them in before a cold night, and figure I would enjoy til they go dormant. They already are not as happy as outside, so we will see. I usually take some coleus cuttings as well.
Love watching your channel. You have given me so many ideas. I am in Northwest Indiana zone 5b. I am able to overwinter canna bulbs, elephant ears, begonias, geraniums, and tropical hibiscus. This year I am going to try basil, some coleus and a hardy hibiscus that I put in a pot. The plants that are special to me that I overwinter are my plumeria plants that I got from Hawaii and my Norfolk Island Pine that was given to us when our son passed away 2 years ago. So far I have been successful!!
Abutilon, aka Parlor Maple, was very popular in Victorian times as an indoor plant. I always overwinter mine, but they always turn into trees for me, as I am loathe to cut them back while still blooming! One winter, one "tree" was obviously dead, no leaves (forgot to water :( Amazingly come spring, it sprung back to life. I also let some blooms go to seed, the collect and grown some more. Being in the Mallow family, it is easy to do. Other than that, I always overwinter some geraniums and begonias. I have one begonia called Big Boy, which I have had for maybe 6-7 years now. It winters under ordinary fluorescent lights in the basement, and spring, after frost, it really bounces back gorgeously outside- green glossy leaves, and bright red flowers. Love it! Thanks for a great video!
I love your purple bell vine! I tend to overwinter anything I want to bed out in large quantities, unless it comes easy from seed. I have quite a LED light set-up, so caring for something on a timer over winter soaking in the extra light helps my mood while winter has its wicked way with my garden.
I will over winter my plumeria tree, Mandevilla vines, Gerber daisies,geraniums, and begonias, and of course dig the cannas…I have a insulated she shed with lots of windows my husband built 3 yrs ago and I run a pelonis when it is below freezing. I also have a basement…I’m with you every year I just see how it goes, I sure have enjoyed your advice.
Being another gardener from Wisconsin I take cuttings of rosemary, coleus, and scented pelagoniums. Like you I have limited space under my grow lights but have enjoyed this video seeing what other plants are possible to winter over.
I'm super cheap and started with zero landscaping 5 years ago on a new build. I dig up caladium and elephant ears. I propagate coleus and basil as well. This year I am going to try to propagate sedum like Erin did.
Thanks for sharing 😁 I overwinter my elephant ears and canna lily in a pot in the basement ... I got the coffee cups this year, so cool, gonna try to dig up and do the same 😉
Incredibly helpful information! This is the first year I’m going to try to give a shot at overwintering any plants & hoping to have at least a few successes with your advice!
I overwinter lots. Nothing too complicated. I have a euphorbia cortifolia that’s probably 10 years old. I colocasia Coffee Cups that I’ve had for quite a few years. I also have Mojito, and a dark leaf one. These I kept the roots in my crawl space along with the cannas, dahlias, and the euphorbia. I have grow lights for the agave, begonias and succulents. I’m probably nuts 😂
I'm going to try to save my King Tut this winter and also my Purple Fountain Grass. Both of those can be hard for find. I'm going to try both seed saving and store the roots.
I am in north Texas zone 8a. I have plumbago and a bougainvillea (both in pots) that I cut back and bring in every winter. I am just one zone north of where these would be considered perennials, but we have freezes here, so I don't want to take the chance and lose them. They will be spending their 3rd winter in my laundry room. Fingers crossed that I can put them ou next spring.
I’m in central Georgia and don’t have a garage or basement. For 7 years I’ve been able to keep my tropical hibiscus standards in the carport over winter. I just wrapped them in plastic and they were fine. Last year we had a really hard winter and I lost both of them! And yes, I cried. I’m trying to talk my husband into a hoop house but he’s 🙄. I also have a succulent bed with two agaves. I paid a ridiculous amount of money for them and will either lift them and bring them in, or wrap them each time we get below freezing. All the other succulents were relatively cheap and replaceable.
@@tessadubois3679 I don’t know anyone else with succulents outside in the ground. I plan to wrap mine when it gets below freezing. We picked a location that’s west facing with a giant picture window above the bed. We also used stone instead of mulch. We think that plus the wrapping should be enough.
I'm in the same place as you - not an indoor plant person even though I have hundreds of plants in my yard (zone 5). Last year I brought in some coleus but partway through winter I thought why did I do this? Ended up with a bad mealybug infestation and they won the battle. I don't have the space in my house either but after watching your video, I am inspired to try again 😊 this time with grow lights in my basement. I have about 50 coleus in my yard also some lemon coral sedum and persian shield that I am going to try to overwinter. I spent waaaaay too much money on annuals this year, just couldn't stop 😂 Thank you for the inspiration!
She said Select Seed for both seed and plant. I got some seeds from GEO Seed last year but in the midst of moving did not try to start. Hope this helps.
I have to bring lemon coral sedum in!!?! Oh no. It’s in the ground and so pretty. I thought I could leave it outside. In zone 7 b. What do I do!!?? Cuttings? Dig the whole plants up??
I'm just blocks from the western shore of Michigan in Ludington. I love all my plants, so I overwinter MANY. I put them in the lower level of my bi-lev home where there are west facing windows. Most of them are house type plants I put out all summer, then bring them in before it gets too cold. They usually look pretty icky by spring, but I keep an eye out for bugs and watering just enough not to drown them lol. I've had great success with tropical hibiscus, justica, and stick plant. Funny to note, I've been unpotting and diging a hole up to the north side of my house outdoors and placing my gerbera daisy there and not only has it survived 4 winntets, but it has grown into about 5 plants now! Who would have guessed this would work! I tried it after being at a yard sale where the folks holding it told me that's what they do. Thank you, thank you, thank you to them as the gerbera color is my favorite ❤. I also take cuttings of things like sun coleous and just keep them rooting in water til late spring, then pot them up. Unfortunately, despite my many successes, I just can't overwinter geraniums, which as zonals are sooo expensive, I wish I could figure it out. 😢. Love your videos, so much great info and inspiration! THANK YOU!!!!!🥰👍
Roxanne, are you saying that you can leave gerbera daisies outside over winter (put in the ground up close to the north side of the house)? What zone are you in? Also, I've had no problem overwintering zonal geraniums indoors. Just a small amount of water, and make sure they are not root bound. One that was in too small of a pot I lost. Maybe this will help?
@@aprilm9551 I'm in zone 5, and yes, I put my gerbera into the ground out doors all winter. I only put it on the north side because I have a small bed there. I think south or east facing may be better but so far it's worked for me. I think the key is up next to the house, because maybe the heat from the house keeps the soil warmer? I was so shocked this worked, but delighted with the result 🥰.
@@roxanneroehrig324 Great! Good luck with the geraniums. I let them get pretty dry indoors, and only water when I see either some wilting or maybe some leaves drop off. No fertilizer when inside. The stems grow several inches and get rather lanky, but when the plants are put outside again when the weather warms up, the longer stems sprout lots of new stems, and in no time I have a pretty good sized plant full of new leaves and stems, blooming it's head off. (with a good watering and fertilizer after outside of course).
I have a Plumeria my daughter gave me as a branch cutting 4 years ago. It just started to bloom for the first time ever, this week. I have never liked bringing houseplants in and out but this one really needed the sun and warmth to get this far. I also have been experimenting with some succulents outside.
Saving plants is about the only way your guaranteed you will have some next year. I’m going to be saving as many as I’m able. Proven winners are wonderful plants but if you want to mass plant something they can get a little costly since each plant is usually 3to4 dollars each for annuals. I don’t have a lot of extra room but by golly I’m going to be squeezing them in somewhere.🌺💚🙃
I have containers with Tropicana canna with purple oxalis that I drag into the garage closet. Zone 5b Michigan. It has worked for several years. Same treatment for elephant ears. I cut off the foliage and stack the containers. Going to try this with agapanthus this year. Crotons and Rex begonias overwinter as houseplants.
Hey Erin, the Abutilon isn’t as challenging as you might think. I’ve kept one as a houseplant after bringing it home from the Biltmore Estate greenhouse a few years ago. It’s in a south-facing window, no grow lights. It gets thirsty fast so I’d say that’s the most important thing to keep up on. Great video!
I loved this Erin, thank you!! Got me thinking about what I need to do within the next couple of week. The two plants I overwinter here in my zone 7A (middle Tennessee), are Alternanthera (my favorite of all summer annuals) and my hot chili peppers (I grow 6 varieties and this year I put up 12 gallons of salsa with them). Last year I overwintered 2 dozen of the Alternanthera and it just was not enough!! They are the most gorgeous deep purple foliage in the sun and in shade a mixture of green and red. In my very green rural area, these are a welcome contrast of color and this fall I plan to take at least 40 cutting., For my peppers, I grow those all year in grow bags and in 2 weeks will bring them into our newly closed in porch which we converted into a small grow room with all glass. This year I will not be digging my Dahlia or my Caladium, as I had poor results with doing that last year, and those I left in the ground last fall did fine, so I"m skipping that for those and we'll see how it goes!!! as long as I have the Alternanthera I'll be fine. I can always grow peppers again from seed (and I will on new varieties) but overwintering gives me a bit of a head start on harvest as it takes me all summer to put up my 12 gallons of salsa. LOVE your channel and your garden. Thank you for all the great tips!
Loved this one. My Hostas are my favorite and not having any shade they go up next to my house ( north side) on my patio in pots. I have overwintered them both in my basement and garage. This year I'm trying both as my collection has grown.
I bought a gorgeous scented (lime) pelargonium standard on clearance this year, and I’m determined to save it. My house gets no light, so I’m going to set up my grow lights early and have them go all winter. Since they’re in a spare bedroom the plant chomping cat isn’t allowed in, I might save some coleus as well (very toxic to cats).
I would love to how you have your grow lights set up. I’ve never tried doing that and, like you, I don’t have a bright enough spot in my house to overwinter.
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Thanks for this, especially the reminder that we have nothing to lose by trying to overwinter our plants. I was beginning to take it all too serious. 🌱
I've overwintered a lemon planted by seed, wheeling it in and out every single morning and whipping back into the garage each night--to preventing freezeing in So Oregon. 6 years of this and this year it took off and branches above the roofline. I've taken some plastic sheeting and made a "curtain" to suspend from the eaves for this year---because it will no longer fit into the garage---wish me luck!
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That is amazing! Good luck!
BELL VINE IS GORGEOUS!! wow...
Hi Erin, Great video today, you just made me go out and take a cutting of my favorite coleus! I overwinter all my elephant ears right in their metal urns and ceramic pots. I let the frost take them down, cut the leaves and let them bleed all the moisture which can take some time . They go in an unheated garage. I am in zone 6B NY and do not get watered until late March. Next cannas, dahlias, calla lilies are stored as you do. I do cut back my geraniums by half or more put them in small containers, give them the most sun I have in the basement and water them twice during the winter. I have two very large angel trumpet tress that get cut back by half, just before a frost is predicted. Those pieces can be rooted easily in water if you are looking for more plants. I put them in the cellar, mostly dark, do not water and they basically go dormant till spring. My amaryllis plants are in pots, I put them in the cellar in darkness. the leaves turn yellow, remove and do nothing till spring. They always rebloom in May and June. I have 12 Christmas/Thanksgiving/Easter cactus that are outside all summer. I put them in the cellar just prior to the frost and they bud up in weeks. I water them good before they come in and then very sparingly after they bloom, again they go into a winter dormancy since the light in the cellar is very limited. Last year I cut back watering them during the winter to maybe 2 times and they did fantastic. Now you made me realize how much work I have to do in the coming weeks!
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Exactly what I do with my large elephant plants. Just let them go dormant , cut back,, go dormant,, and back out in late may, and into the sun in june
12:17 "3 inches" LOL Erin. Great video!
I've had "the same" coffee cup plants for 5 years now by taking off a runner and overwintering that instead of the whole plant. Works for me!
I love overwintering some plants to be able to start planting earlier next year.
I over winter a gardenia that my children gave me 13 years ago as a plant of the month, tiny bush. It’s over 5 ft across and three ft high. Had over 35 flowers 🌸 this year and reflowered in late August too. Best year ever! I chop it in half and slow down the water until late spring. I do cannas and elephant ears , caladiums, dahlias and amaryllis too, only bulbs, love that gardenia.
We go to extremes to overwinter my mother-in-law's lemon trees. Such wonderful memories! And pressure...
Oh dear that is a lot of pressure. Good luck!
Hope to see the early spring new starts from cuttings video in a few months.
I use fluorescent lights to overwinter my annuals and tropicals, using a combination of warm spectrum light bulbs and cool spectrum light bulbs. This gives the best results when I leave them on for about 16 hours a day. It makes me happy to have impatiens, petunias, and geraniums blooming in the dead of winter!
Perfect timing for this episode, any chance you could tell me what the tree/shrub is behind you when you are showing the purple bell vine and the tropical hibiscus. It sits just below the deck.
I have had great success with keeping brugmansia (cut back to 1st knob) for about 10 years now.
Th root ball gets huge but still manageable.
....Agree...winter care plants are on their own~!...good luck~!
Erin....I am in love with those vines...they are absolutely stunning!!!!!! God bless
I overwinter all of my brugmansias in the garage. When i buy brugmansias either online or at a local nursery they always come in a tiny 4 inch pot. It take to entire growing season for them to get big enough to flower. They don't start earning there keep until the second or third year. I refuse to be without them. They bring such an exotic WOW factor to the garden. They are as addicting to me as dahlias are to other gardeners.
"If it doesn't make it I wont be upset because i at least tried" Great mindset to have! Im very frugal so i try to overwinter more things than I probably should, & when they dont work out it stresses me out, but I need to look at it the way you do- it's not actually SUPPOSED to live over winter, so if it doesn't oh well! I tried!
Am in zone 10, and for me it's my 6 year old poinsettia that I baby and give the spotlight during the holidays.
Congratulations! I just started watching your channel a week ago. You are so funny and real. I look forward to your videos. Thank you for sharing your garden life with us. 😁
I’m with you about brining plants in the house for winter!
I’m in N GA and can store geraniums and a cat tail vine plant in the garage for winter. Sparse watering and they come back fine . I don’t go crazy.
My father used to pull out his geraniums , shake out soil and hang upside down in his garage BUT this was in Buffalo , NY ! In spring he’d cut them back , pot up in house until leafing out ,or weather permits going outside!
My geraniums have been beautiful this year and I’m going to try the bare-root overwintering approach for the first time. Glad to hear it worked for you!
I used to do the same with my geraniums. It’s so easy.
I’m Just watching this video now end of March. I’m zone 5b in Ontario just south of Ottawa. I’m happy to report that I brought 4 beautiful tropical hibiscus in, and they all survived in an east facing window of all places. They just started blooming. I let them really dry out between watering. And, for once, I didn’t have spider mites on them. They are the most beautiful colour I’ve ever seen, a mix of orange and pink and yellow on each individual flower, so I wanted to keep them. Plus, they weren’t all that big when I brought them in. Love your videos Erin!
You mentioned basil rooting easily. I managed to find that beautiful Wild Magic basil that you grow, at a local nursery this summer. I have some cuttings that have rooted, so I am going to overwinter them indoors. Thanks so much for all of your great content 😊
Last year I experimented with a geranium and an upright fuchsia - just cut them way back and stuck them in my dark, unseated garage. I’m in pnw 8b so it doesn’t freeze in there and evidently there’s enough moisture because they both did great. They looked horrible by the end of winter, but they bulked up quickly. My problem with most tender perennials isn’t cold temperatures, but rotting due to our long rainy season. It’s the reason most of us dig up dahlias. My next challenge will be a salvia. I’ve yet to have a zone 8, or even 7, salvia survive outside.
Great video, thank you, it would be cool to see a video of you washing the plants 🤪
Awesome video…drooling over the Purple Bell Vine, I tried by seed to grow actually got one to germinate but lost after I transplanted…thanks for all the info Erin
Was just making a list of what I might try to keep over the winter.
Every window in my place is above a forced air vent, so basement under lights is the only option.
Potential saves are coleus, scented geraniums, black and blue salvia and some sedums.
Cannas and dahlias are a given, and waterfall begonia baskets have worked pretty good for a few years now.
Great tips today. Always enjoy watching your videos. I'm zone 4b and try about every other year to overwinter rosemary. Never have had any luck. Each time I try a different method. Not happy about my success rate, but it's always fun to experiment.
Pelargonium and Dahlia is a must.Herbs and cacti too.
Great video....thanks!
I have been taking cuttings from my rose geranium for almost 35 years. (I do it same way you do. 3 cuttings per pot but for a couple weeks I just leave pot tucked under mother plant outside. Much dewier.) Of course they aren't hard to find to buy but I got sentimental about that particular one. There used to be a magical place called Herb Farm near where I live outside of Seattle. Sooooo many memories of them. Taking my 3 boys there, workshops I took, etc. World renowned restaurant too, which burned down and got rebuilt. Anyway, it closed down many years ago. So sad. So I keep the rose geranium going in tribute. Given many away. Bake cakes using the leaves in bottom of pan.....sigh. it's worth it.😄
This was a great video and topic! Your Purple Bell Vine is gorgeous!! I treat myself to Star Jasmine most years in the spring/summer and most times fail keeping it (once indoors) by about Feb/March. This year will be the year of success! ;) I like what you said, “at least we tried.” I am limited with good sunlight in my home so I don’t overwinter much, but I enjoy trying. Besides the jasmine...coleus, caladium, basil...and my best success has been a geranium for 8 years now!! :) Zone 5b
Watched your lemon sedum saving last year, you gave me an idea…..my take on it was to bring in one large plant, kept it growing in the basement under lights, but was quite spindly by Spring, but I cut the ends off and bundled 3-4 together and potted them in six pack tomato cells (6 total= 36 plants) put under lights for 4 weeks and ended up with very fresh good looking plants, with very little growing space. The lime color of the plant just makes everything else look better, it’s a winner for me, and inexpensive to have 36 plants in my garden!
I like overwintering African blue basil. I love having it in my garden & it grows from cuttings so well!
Discovered Rex Begonias do amazing in my garden and will attempt to over winter as many as possible by various methods, leave cutting, stem cuttings and just bringing in whole plants.
Those are plants worth saving for certain!
I have kept a large pot of geraniums in their pot for the last 3 years. I move it in the basement by a southeast window well. They don’t look great come spring but they bounce back. I just potted up a variety of coleus cuttings to try to overwinter. I’ve had mixed success with Boston ferns. I have kept a chenille plant for five years now. I have some very large south facing window wells with shelves so I can keep quite a few things going.
Lol. I’m a huge procrastinator as well. Also, not in love with taking care of plants inside, just love my new garden obsession any reason to be outside especially as weather becomes a little cooler minus the sweaty humidity 😅 My favorite plant to bring inside is actually a bonsai succulent tree called the Desert Rose. I baby these little groots. They’re so weird looking since they have fat little caudex trunk bodies but beautiful plumeria type blooms. I have one shaped like a lion. It just formed that way. My dad had one that was huge, 20 years old it flourished in Sedona, Az where he lived for many years. After he passed away my mom left it in the garage here in KS during winter it kinda broke my heart to see something he loved die. So ever since I’ve decided to take care of new baby ones watch them grow. Hopefully keep them alive. Definitely not easy to care for because spider mites love these guys. Pruning is essential to keep their strange shape but they just go dormant in the house over winter. No real need for water just a little once a month. I might try to bring the gardenia inside but I always manage to some how kill those. Lol so finicky. My hibiscus keeps getting aphids also. Always love your videos! Especially seeing your beautiful garden. 💜😊
Thanks for your video and good tips. I am in zone 5, will bring Canna lilies to the garage and wrapped with quilt. And bring dahlia tubes into the basement.
Your timing is spot on! I was checking the forecast today for the next week to see whether or not I should bring in my Mandevillas and my Bougainvilleas. Since nighttime lows are forecast to be in the mid to upper 50s, I think I’ve got at least another week. I’m also very glad you discussed your Purple Bell Vine. I too struggled with seed starting but ended up with a small but seemingly happy plant. Nothing compared to yours, but it grew! I may try to bring that one in as well. The truth is, I have more room on my deck than I do in my house for all my potted plants, so some are going to be relegated to the basement for the duration of their dormancy. I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for the timely guidance for this Zone 6Ber.
Coleus is easy to overwinter & I love PW's Golden Dreams.
In our zone 5, we’ve overwintered rain lily, a huge purple leaf oxalis, also caladium and tigridia bulbs dormant in their pots. Have kept a huge hanging begonia going some years. Last year we brought in a Black Pearl pepper and a Sweet Pea tomato (both started by winter sowing!) The pepper did great and was huge this year, used cuttings of the tomato to get started this year. Some years we have brought in coleus pots because they are “just so darn gorgeous) in the fall, but haven’t had great success, so just buy plants now.
Great video Erin - very timely! I'm in zone 4, semi-arid climate. This year, I am trying to overwinter a variety of pelargonium/geraniums, Hebe, Coprosma, a succulent arrangement and a Black and Blue salvia. Have also started several cuttings of half a dozen coleus in water and will pot those up in soil later to hold them over. The geraniums and a fuchsia Boliviana will spend the winter in a Styrofoam cooler in my unheated garage (trying this for the first time). I have successfully overwintered a few large pots of Astilbe in the garage for several years. Good luck everyone! Fingers crossed! Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Escargot begonias! I bought one 3 years ago. I take cuttings and overwinter them under my seed starting grow lights. I plan on trying some other begonias that flower, and a coleus this year that I absolutely fell in love with and can't stop staring at it.
I overwinter two different coleus (cut them way back and also root cuttings just in case; a mezzo plant (which always looks pitiful over the winter but revives every summer) a pot of lemon coral sedum, and plant that I think is Vics Plant(plectranthus Verticillatus.(fuzzy leaves, grows in a mound and leaves smell like vics vapor rub). Success 2 years so far. Fingers crossed for a third. Love those plants.
Also trying euphorbia diamond frost plant. We'll see.
Wowza, your purple bell vines are glorious, so many blooms. Mine came out great from seed but grew only foliage this year 🤷♀️ It was still fun to try them and I can totally see why you would want to try wintering them over.
Those are definitely on my list for next year!
I can't get over the urn. It's just amazing.
I think all of us northern gardeners know the it doesn't have to look good, just keep it alive til spring mentality for tropical summer plants to overwinter, so if we don't have to rebuy next spring edit: my list of overwintering golden pythos, rubber tree, snake plant, mosquito geranium, two aloe veras, two zone 8 miniature roses (new this year see how that goes since everyone knows how fussy roses are). Then for dry storage Dahlias and caladiums
Thank you so much Erin I was just outside looking to see what I can save. I want to try an overwinter my tangerine vine, Passion flowers, mandaville, and geraniums. I just took cuttings from a cinnamon petunia just to see if I can get them going 🤷🏻♀️I have dahlias elephant ears and so much crap I have no idea where ti begin.
Mandevilla is very easy to overwinter inside, and I have had a lot of luck with it. I just put it in a south facing window and it didn't skip a beat, and it even flowered around February.
I just ordered purple bell vine seeds (fingers crossed)🤞🏻 and a grow lamp for my three citrus trees. You inspired me!☺️
I first saw a tip from Next Level Gardening, to overwinter my pepper plants. It worked out great for me; I got lots of peppers early this season, and the plants were beautiful and healthy all through the summer. Keeping them over the winter in a south-facing window wasn't even too difficult.
I have a poinsettia from 2018 and another one from 2019. It started as an experiment to see how long I could keep them alive. They look great and rebloom every year.
Oh wow. You are a much better person than I am! I have no patience for poinsettias.
@@TheImpatientGardener Oh my gosh, I've impressed the Impatient Gardener! I feel complete.
Haha, I would pour water on the book too! Beautiful coffee cup and the purple bell flowers. I hope it goes well. Thanks for the tips.
I overwinter several varieties of coleus, they don’t need very much attention and it gives me a jump start in the spring. I also overwinter lemon coral sedum. I also dig a small amount of rosemary.
Coleus. I like the more uncommon ones and they can be pricey, so I dig, trim back, and overwinter them. i also root three cuttings of each just in case the mother plant doesn’t make it.
I hear you about aphids on hibiscus. I was given a hibiscus one fall by a couple leaving for AZ for the winter. It did great, flowered profusely in my sun porch in Feb. The next fall, we repeated that, but it got covered in aphids to the point of, well, gross. I shoved it out into the snow and never had one inside again.
I'm in N. California, 9b 10a, so I don't really over winter anything. Even some annuals I can get a couple years out of. I do have trouble in my summer not being able to grow all the beautiful things you do because it get so hot and no humidity. No place is perfect. I did want to tell you that I grow Cannas from seed every year with great success. I do start them early and this year I'm going to add some heat, so I have an even better start. Cannas are a work horse in my garden.
I spent $20-25 each on 2 beautiful cordylines that I plan to over winter. I bought a different variety last year and overwintered it successfully and plan to do it again as well.
I also was thinking about taking some cuttings of my coleus. It roots so easily in water, I will try your method of putting it in soil after the roots form.👍
I have successfully over-wintered Lantana and Dichondria Silver Falls (in the same pot) even though they have different watering needs. I'm planning to bring them in again this winter.
I generally stay away from plants that need to come inside. Much like you Erin, light is at a premium. Having said that, I recently learned that peppers are perennial, so I'm going to experiment with a couple plants this year.
I also added some tender plants to my stock tank fish pond, that I'll need to overwinter or replace in spring.
I love to overwinter coleus and geraniums. I might have to get some grow lights in my basement to accommodate my babies. They are looking so fantastic and are so nice and big, so I don’t want to trim them. I don’t have enough window space to put them where I want to on my main level. Your plants are looking amazing!
I always bring in my passion Vine does well in the house .my angel trumpet comes in I know she is poisonous she gets the spare room and my coleus which has been coming in for the last four years and it just keeps getting better .love love the vine beautiful
Large semi tropical trees like bay Laurel and olive tree I always bring in. There’s always die back, but it’s worth it to try and save!
Erin. Those are all the reasons I overwinter plants. My first go at this was last year and I lost all of them to Uri. Oh well. I get to try again this year and your video gives me new information and renewed hope. Thank you for doing this video!
That pink abutilon is so pretty. Try taking a few cuttings for back up. I take cuttings of mine every fall. Grow them under lights for the winter.
Hello friend.Thank you for sharing. Stay safe and connected
So funny about the inside plants, this is me 💯!!! I’m always nervous to have a house plant, can’t even get my amaryllis to bloom. If I can get them in the ground, I know they will be ok! 🤣
Thanks, Erin. Such good information!
Well, I am in Northeastern CT., so it's always a toss up about weather. So...I'm bringing in all the unique begonias I acquired, some coleus, and a Silver Shield like you. My problem this year is many plants are in containers that I love, and of course they will probably crack! Its always interesting to see what happens, even when things go "wrong"!! As always, thanks for your channel.
I'm in Northern Virginia (border of 7a-6b), and I overwinter Vermillionaire, potted citrus trees, and a few peppers.
I'm in Michigan, I always get the same issue with bringing my Hibiscus, millions of aphids!!!!! this is a reminder, start spraying them now!!
Loved this video--I've overwintered coleus, begonias, and geraniums successfully in an east facing window. This year I took cuttings and will try to pot them up and keep them under grow lights. I loved my PW double-up begonia this summer so I'm going to try to save it...fingers crossed.
I've brought in dozens of things over the years. The most rewarding over time is my dwarf Meyer lemon which is filled with fruit by now that will ripen in my mostly unheated (zone 7) sunroom. I will also bring in a myrtle topiary and some gardenias that I started from cuttings. I used to bring in a large tropical hibiscus and MMandevilla for winter, but decided a few years ago when they got huge that I could buy new in Spring if I missed them. I buy heliotrope every year and have considered taking cuttings of it as you did with your plectranthus because it is increasingly difficult to find here, but as yet have not bestirred myself to do do.
Coleus and begonia are all I've ever brought in cuttings for over winter (zone 5b in NY). I have a limited variety because deer and rabbits have feasted on some of my new trials, so every year it's a tossup what will make it.
Very timely video. I like to bring in my chartreuse Boston ferns, as well as coleus, perilla, and many other. I have a small greenhouse which help overwinter these. Love you videos.
How nice to have that greenhouse!
I used to drag my Abyssinian Red Banana (8') in it's pot into the basement for years, let it dry out & the leaves wither in a fairly dark area with just an odd dribble of water now & then. Great success but now I am becoming too old for this heavy procedure. I do keep cannas & dalhias there as well but decided to try & overwinter them in the garage this year. I hope in my zone 5b, Ontario area near Niagara they will survive if I insulate them in boxes there. Love your videos!
Love this video. I am trying to overwinter a bunch of Colocasia, Purple Heart, and Sedona Sunset coleus. Put them in my “Shespace” by the window with a heater, humidifier and grow light. Hopefully this will be a success and I will have larger plants to start out with this next year
I bring in geraniums and angel wing begonias every year. I put them in south facing windows and they bloom well all year, so enjoyable for us through winter. This year I grew caladiums in pots to add color in my hosta border. I brought them in before a cold night, and figure I would enjoy til they go dormant. They already are not as happy as outside, so we will see. I usually take some coleus cuttings as well.
Love watching your channel. You have given me so many ideas. I am in Northwest Indiana zone 5b. I am able to overwinter canna bulbs, elephant ears, begonias, geraniums, and tropical hibiscus. This year I am going to try basil, some coleus and a hardy hibiscus that I put in a pot. The plants that are special to me that I overwinter are my plumeria plants that I got from Hawaii and my Norfolk Island Pine that was given to us when our son passed away 2 years ago. So far I have been successful!!
Abutilon, aka Parlor Maple, was very popular in Victorian times as an indoor plant. I always overwinter mine, but they always turn into trees for me, as I am loathe to cut them back while still blooming! One winter, one "tree" was obviously dead, no leaves (forgot to water :( Amazingly come spring, it sprung back to life. I also let some blooms go to seed, the collect and grown some more. Being in the Mallow family, it is easy to do. Other than that, I always overwinter some geraniums and begonias. I have one begonia called Big Boy, which I have had for maybe 6-7 years now. It winters under ordinary fluorescent lights in the basement, and spring, after frost, it really bounces back gorgeously outside- green glossy leaves, and bright red flowers. Love it! Thanks for a great video!
I love your purple bell vine! I tend to overwinter anything I want to bed out in large quantities, unless it comes easy from seed. I have quite a LED light set-up, so caring for something on a timer over winter soaking in the extra light helps my mood while winter has its wicked way with my garden.
I will over winter my plumeria tree, Mandevilla vines, Gerber daisies,geraniums, and begonias, and of course dig the cannas…I have a insulated she shed with lots of windows my husband built 3 yrs ago and I run a pelonis when it is below freezing. I also have a basement…I’m with you every year I just see how it goes, I sure have enjoyed your advice.
You remind me of a dear old friend way back from 1979!!!!!!!!
This year trying to take coleus cuttings to overwinter in soil since I haven't succeeded before in water.
Being another gardener from Wisconsin I take cuttings of rosemary, coleus, and scented pelagoniums. Like you I have limited space under my grow lights but have enjoyed this video seeing what other plants are possible to winter over.
I'm super cheap and started with zero landscaping 5 years ago on a new build. I dig up caladium and elephant ears. I propagate coleus and basil as well. This year I am going to try to propagate sedum like Erin did.
Thanks for sharing 😁 I overwinter my elephant ears and canna lily in a pot in the basement ... I got the coffee cups this year, so cool, gonna try to dig up and do the same 😉
Yaaayyy, the Scencio Skyscraper looks amazing. I must get one!
Incredibly helpful information! This is the first year I’m going to try to give a shot at overwintering any plants & hoping to have at least a few successes with your advice!
I overwinter lots. Nothing too complicated. I have a euphorbia cortifolia that’s probably 10 years old. I colocasia Coffee Cups that I’ve had for quite a few years. I also have Mojito, and a dark leaf one. These I kept the roots in my crawl space along with the cannas, dahlias, and the euphorbia. I have grow lights for the agave, begonias and succulents. I’m probably nuts 😂
I'm going to try to save my King Tut this winter and also my Purple Fountain Grass. Both of those can be hard for find. I'm going to try both seed saving and store the roots.
I am in north Texas zone 8a. I have plumbago and a bougainvillea (both in pots) that I cut back and bring in every winter. I am just one zone north of where these would be considered perennials, but we have freezes here, so I don't want to take the chance and lose them. They will be spending their 3rd winter in my laundry room. Fingers crossed that I can put them ou next spring.
I’m in central Georgia and don’t have a garage or basement. For 7 years I’ve been able to keep my tropical hibiscus standards in the carport over winter. I just wrapped them in plastic and they were fine. Last year we had a really hard winter and I lost both of them! And yes, I cried. I’m trying to talk my husband into a hoop house but he’s 🙄.
I also have a succulent bed with two agaves. I paid a ridiculous amount of money for them and will either lift them and bring them in, or wrap them each time we get below freezing. All the other succulents were relatively cheap and replaceable.
I'm in the pnw and I see ppl wrap their agaves. What do you see gardeners doing in your area w succulants?
@@tessadubois3679 I don’t know anyone else with succulents outside in the ground. I plan to wrap mine when it gets below freezing. We picked a location that’s west facing with a giant picture window above the bed. We also used stone instead of mulch. We think that plus the wrapping should be enough.
I'm in the same place as you - not an indoor plant person even though I have hundreds of plants in my yard (zone 5). Last year I brought in some coleus but partway through winter I thought why did I do this? Ended up with a bad mealybug infestation and they won the battle. I don't have the space in my house either but after watching your video, I am inspired to try again 😊 this time with grow lights in my basement. I have about 50 coleus in my yard also some lemon coral sedum and persian shield that I am going to try to overwinter. I spent waaaaay too much money on annuals this year, just couldn't stop 😂 Thank you for the inspiration!
She said Select Seed for both seed and plant. I got some seeds from GEO Seed last year but in the midst of moving did not try to start. Hope this helps.
I have to bring lemon coral sedum in!!?! Oh no. It’s in the ground and so pretty. I thought I could leave it outside. In zone 7 b. What do I do!!?? Cuttings? Dig the whole plants up??
@@sharonmcentee8615 I have sedum I leave outdoors all winter and I'm in zone 5b. I haven't had a problem.
I'm just blocks from the western shore of Michigan in Ludington. I love all my plants, so I overwinter MANY. I put them in the lower level of my bi-lev home where there are west
facing windows. Most of them are house type plants I put out all summer, then bring them in before it gets too cold. They usually look pretty icky by spring, but I keep an eye out for bugs and watering just enough not to drown them lol. I've had great success with tropical hibiscus, justica, and stick plant. Funny to note, I've been unpotting and diging a hole up to the north side of my house outdoors and placing my gerbera daisy there and not only has it survived 4 winntets, but it has grown into about 5 plants now! Who would have guessed this would work! I tried it after being at a yard sale where the folks holding it told me that's what they do. Thank you, thank you, thank you to them as the gerbera color is my favorite ❤. I also take cuttings of things like sun coleous and just keep them rooting in water til late spring, then pot them up. Unfortunately, despite my many successes, I just can't overwinter geraniums, which as zonals are sooo expensive, I wish I could figure it out. 😢. Love your videos, so much great info and inspiration! THANK YOU!!!!!🥰👍
Roxanne, are you saying that you can leave gerbera daisies outside over winter (put in the ground up close to the north side of the house)? What zone are you in? Also, I've had no problem overwintering zonal geraniums indoors. Just a small amount of water, and make sure they are not root bound. One that was in too small of a pot I lost. Maybe this will help?
@@aprilm9551 I'm in zone 5, and yes, I put my gerbera into the ground out doors all winter. I only put it on the north side because I have a small bed there. I think south or east facing may be better but so far it's worked for me. I think the key is up next to the house, because maybe the heat from the house keeps the soil warmer? I was so shocked this worked, but delighted with the result 🥰.
@@aprilm9551 Thank you for the geranium tips, I'm going to try again this winter 👍🥰
@@roxanneroehrig324 Great! Good luck with the geraniums. I let them get pretty dry indoors, and only water when I see either some wilting or maybe some leaves drop off. No fertilizer when inside. The stems grow several inches and get rather lanky, but when the plants are put outside again when the weather warms up, the longer stems sprout lots of new stems, and in no time I have a pretty good sized plant full of new leaves and stems, blooming it's head off. (with a good watering and fertilizer after outside of course).
@@roxanneroehrig324 I'm going to try the gerbera daisy trick! Thanks!
I have a Plumeria my daughter gave me as a branch cutting 4 years ago. It just started to bloom for the first time ever, this week. I have never liked bringing houseplants in and out but this one really needed the sun and warmth to get this far. I also have been experimenting with some succulents outside.
thanks for sharing useful tips
Saving plants is about the only way your guaranteed you will have some next year. I’m going to be saving as many as I’m able. Proven winners are wonderful plants but if you want to mass plant something they can get a little costly since each plant is usually 3to4 dollars each for annuals. I don’t have a lot of extra room but by golly I’m going to be squeezing them in somewhere.🌺💚🙃
I have containers with Tropicana canna with purple oxalis that I drag into the garage closet. Zone 5b Michigan. It has worked for several years. Same treatment for elephant ears. I cut off the foliage and stack the containers. Going to try this with agapanthus this year. Crotons and Rex begonias overwinter as houseplants.
Hey Erin, the Abutilon isn’t as challenging as you might think. I’ve kept one as a houseplant after bringing it home from the Biltmore Estate greenhouse a few years ago. It’s in a south-facing window, no grow lights. It gets thirsty fast so I’d say that’s the most important thing to keep up on. Great video!
I loved this Erin, thank you!! Got me thinking about what I need to do within the next couple of week. The two plants I overwinter here in my zone 7A (middle Tennessee), are Alternanthera (my favorite of all summer annuals) and my hot chili peppers (I grow 6 varieties and this year I put up 12 gallons of salsa with them). Last year I overwintered 2 dozen of the Alternanthera and it just was not enough!! They are the most gorgeous deep purple foliage in the sun and in shade a mixture of green and red. In my very green rural area, these are a welcome contrast of color and this fall I plan to take at least 40 cutting., For my peppers, I grow those all year in grow bags and in 2 weeks will bring them into our newly closed in porch which we converted into a small grow room with all glass. This year I will not be digging my Dahlia or my Caladium, as I had poor results with doing that last year, and those I left in the ground last fall did fine, so I"m skipping that for those and we'll see how it goes!!! as long as I have the Alternanthera I'll be fine. I can always grow peppers again from seed (and I will on new varieties) but overwintering gives me a bit of a head start on harvest as it takes me all summer to put up my 12 gallons of salsa. LOVE your channel and your garden. Thank you for all the great tips!
Loved this one. My Hostas are my favorite and not having any shade they go up next to my house ( north side) on my patio in pots. I have overwintered them both in my basement and garage. This year I'm trying both as my collection has grown.
I bought a gorgeous scented (lime) pelargonium standard on clearance this year, and I’m determined to save it. My house gets no light, so I’m going to set up my grow lights early and have them go all winter. Since they’re in a spare bedroom the plant chomping cat isn’t allowed in, I might save some coleus as well (very toxic to cats).
Related: my next house (if the damn market ever settles down and I can find one) will have a sunroom/conservatory for this purpose. 🙂
That sounds like a great find.
I would love to how you have your grow lights set up. I’ve never tried doing that and, like you, I don’t have a bright enough spot in my house to overwinter.