Hospitable Ins for Your Plant

Here’s how to overwinter your garden guests with little fuss and much success.

Feeling up for a garden experiment? Overwintering your favorite (tender) plants is completely doable provided you can furnish the proper conditions. Think light and airy, or cool and dark. Either way you’ll need to maintain frost free conditions.

Mine is a low-touch (lazy?) approach. Many plants, like fancy leaf pelargoniums, scented geraniums, and numerous cactus and succulents, will survive outdoors if kept under cover so their roots can go almost completely dry. A covered patio or porch, an unheated greenhouse, or even deep overhanging eaves will keep plants sheltered from rain while still providing access to light and good air circulation. Because plants are still growing, albeit very slowly, give them an occasional sip of water, say once a month.

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GROW in The Seattle Times.