Winter Outdoor Potted Plants

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Winter outdoor potted plants.

Shade tolerant plants make especially good choices for houseplants since homes have less light. Liven up your winter porch with 8 cold loving plants a spot of color and life on your front porch can ease the winter doldrums. But many perennial plants such as roses and hibiscus also can be grown outdoors in containers and kept alive through winter. As fall approaches and night temperatures reach about 50 f 10 c start bringing the plants inside for the winter.

Garden plants although stored in a cool frost free place are either stored dry or slightly moist to stop the roots from drying out. It is a shame to lose all your tender outdoor garden plants each winter. However protecting potted plants during the winter is not easy. The general rule of thumb for container plant survival through the winter is that the plant should be hardy to two zones colder than your usda hardiness zone.

There are many winter plants for the garden particularly when used in seasonal pot and container displays. Many annuals can be brought inside even tender plants that need a winter dormancy period. Watering requirements vary from plant to plant but there are some general rules to watering pots in winter. These come indoors before nighttime temperatures dip below 45 f 7 c.

Winter container plants stand up to light and even hard freezes depending on their location and the duration of the cold snap. In milder winter regions zones 7 to 10 you can expect to enjoy winter container gardens through the new year and beyond. Many are actually warm weather perennials that will grow all year if brought indoors. Keep watering house and conservatory plants but reduce the amount of water as growth slows down in winter.

Winter is often viewed as down time in the garden with little to do but wait until spring. Outdoor container gardens usually involve annual plant species that are simply discarded in the late fall and replaced with new plants in the spring.