Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I overwintered a bunch of things — geraniums, ferns (not Boston, but something similar), lantana. I’m ready to get them out of my basement, but maybe it’s too soon?
Just wondering how you prepared and stored them for overwintering?
The ferns and lantana I just brought inside — they were in fairly large pots and I hauled them into my basement, which has two big south-facing windows. The ferns I take outside and give a “bath” twice a week all winter; the lantana I water once a week, pretty sparingly. All have done great — this is the second winter for the ferns. They start to look a little peaked in February but I trim them a bit and they are back to looking lush now. The lantana has actually bloomed twice while inside. It has lost a good number of leaves, but again, still looks green and pretty healthy.
The geraniums I dug out of the big outdoor containers, trimmed to just a few core stems and planted in smaller pots and put in front of the windows. They have also done well — many have bloomed while inside. I water pretty sparingly. I think I also took some cuttings and tried to root those but I have less luck with that. This is the second winter that I brought the geraniums inside, so it will be the third summer for many of those original plants.
I also took cuttings of sweet potato vine and creeping Jenny and put those in water, then planted once they had roots, and they have grown fine in the basement. I took more cuttings last weekend from my indoor plants so I have plenty to add to my various pots.
Can’t wait to put everything outside again.