Overwintering Plants Indoors

How to bring your beauties inside for winter protection

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Plants that need to come in from the cold

Coleus
Agave
Begonia
Caladiums
Calla lilies
Cannas
Dahlias
Elephant ears
Gladiolus
Small Sedum
Tuber roses

Any other plants which are not hardy in your zone in winter. You can find your zone here.

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How to care for overwintering plants indoors

Acclimatize the plants in lower lighting for a few days before moving them indoors. For example, move a plant growing in full sun outdoors to a shadier area outside first.

Bring them inside before frost begins. Dig up as much of a root ball as possible but don’t bring much soil with the plant. You need to plant them in fresh potting soil for them to be healthy indoors.