I took my plants out for the summer. I have already brought in the majority of them. But I left my Boston fern, mum, a geranium and another small fern. I am in zone 7a. It was 36 this morning, so no frost. When should I bring my plants in for the winter? I hate they will be losing the bright sunlight during the day. They won’t get as much in my home.
I have never had luck with keeping geraniums or mums for the winter. The ferns will completely die and just come back in the spring if you leave them out.
1 LikeThank you. I didn’t realize the ferns would come back! And I’ve never had luck with the mums or geraniums coming back either. I was hoping bringing the in for the winter would help.
0 Likes Yeah it is curl when the ferns come back too the way they look when the frond starts to unfurl
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What about planting the mums in the ground? I’m in Pennsylvania and lots of people have planted mums that return yearly.
0 LikesI wasn’t sure if they would come back next year! I will give it a try. I just didn’t want a dead plant I have to dig up next year. Never had much luck with them coming back. Should I do anything different? I have no outside plants in the ground.
0 Likes I’m reading now and not all mums will return yearly. I suggest researching that. 😊
0 LikesThank you!
1 Like Yeah I am in West Virginia l have heard of people planting mums in the ground too and having success not sure which all mums are perineal
0 LikesI’m going to do some research, they may end up over the bank with the rest of my poor dead plants.
1 Like Haha I know now that goes lol
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