Overwintering Tender Bulbs
Tropical plants add wonderful, lush foliage and bright colorful blooms to summer landscape. In cold climates, it’s common to grow tropical plants as annuals that will die over the winter, and be...
View ArticleOverwintering Tropical Plants Indoors
Many of the plants that are sold by nurseries as annuals are actually tender perennials, which means that they would survive outdoors year round in warmer climates. Most of these plants would survive...
View ArticleHow To Overwinter Tuberous Begonia Indoors
Begonias are very popular and commonly used in annual pots outside during the summer. They’re also great to add summer-long color to your shade gardens. But did you know that some begonias have tubers...
View ArticleWake Up Sleepy Heads
Our winters here in Minnesota are very long and very cold. I have a large collection of tropical and succulent plants that I overwinter inside the house. Fighting pest infestations and watering,...
View ArticleOverwintering Brugmansia Plants Indoors
Brugmansias make a wonderful, tropical addition to the garden during the summer! I love the delicate trumpet flowers, and they smell heavenly! But they are not hardy here in zone 4, so I have to...
View ArticleOverwintering Dormant Pepper Plants
Every year I start all of our peppers from seed. Our growing season is short, and it seems to take forever for the tiny seedlings to grow into mature plants. Just when they’re looking amazing and...
View ArticleHow To Overwinter Sweet Potato Vine Cuttings Indoors
Sweet potato vine is gorgeous, and I love growing it in my garden every year. I like to grow it on a topiary form in my garden the best. Sweet potato vine also looks amazing cascading over a retaining...
View ArticleOverwintering Coleus Cuttings
Coleus plants are tropical that can’t take the cold, and will die at the first touch of frost in the fall. But don’t worry, overwintering coleus indoors is pretty easy, and there are a few ways you can...
View ArticleHow To Store Dahlia Bulbs For The Winter
Storing dahlia bulbs for winter really isn’t very hard, and it’s well worth the effort. That way, you can grow your favorite dahlia flower bulbs year after year! I love dahlias. I mean who doesn’t,...
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