I’m sorting plants to overwinter in the greenhouse. There are some pergaloniums I’d like to keep. Should I remove any flowers and cut them back? There’s a frost heater for cold nights, so they should be fine. Any advice gratefully accepted!
I like your version better. I have, in the past, brought some fancier pergaloniums in the house for winter. I'd cut them back to remove dead heads and old foliage and take cuttings then pot them in fresh compost individually or in wee troughs and then keep them on a sunny windowsill in cool rooms. Water sparingly.
Most would do well and flower off and on thru winter and give me fresh material for cuttings to have new plants ready to go out again after the frosts. I'd then discard the old plant as it would become woody.
I've also kept some in an insulated greenhouse so yours should be fine as long as they don't freeze.
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I keep a few in my frost free greenhouse. I find the biggest challenge is damp. You have to be careful to water very little and not overcrowd them. If they do begin to get mouldy they are better moved to a cool, bright room.
Yes good advice. Because it has been mild mine are outside and still flowering well, but I really do need to get them out of the rain to dry off before I cut them back and put them in the dry shed by the back of the garage.
Right now it's peeing down. They would be better just stuck under our quite wide roof eaves to start with.
I have a small collection of older varieties and scented leaved ones which aren't particularly easy to replace So I like to keep them if I can. I've overwinrtered In several ways. I have a small unheated greenhouse but I find condensation and damp air a problem. I've found rooted cuttings on a shelf against the garage window do best. It's cold but well above freezing and the plants grow very slowly but importantly the air is dry.Plants in the house keep on growing and get a bit drawn. Mind you larger plants I decided not to overwinter and left against a wall have survived and regrown.
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Sorry for the bad spelling. Should be pelargoniums. Had a senior moment!
I like your version better. I have, in the past, brought some fancier pergaloniums in the house for winter. I'd cut them back to remove dead heads and old foliage and take cuttings then pot them in fresh compost individually or in wee troughs and then keep them on a sunny windowsill in cool rooms. Water sparingly.
Most would do well and flower off and on thru winter and give me fresh material for cuttings to have new plants ready to go out again after the frosts. I'd then discard the old plant as it would become woody.
I've also kept some in an insulated greenhouse so yours should be fine as long as they don't freeze.
I keep a few in my frost free greenhouse. I find the biggest challenge is damp. You have to be careful to water very little and not overcrowd them. If they do begin to get mouldy they are better moved to a cool, bright room.
Yes good advice. Because it has been mild mine are outside and still flowering well, but I really do need to get them out of the rain to dry off before I cut them back and put them in the dry shed by the back of the garage.
Right now it's peeing down. They would be better just stuck under our quite wide roof eaves to start with.
It's very mild today though.
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Thank you for your help. Have some outside and flowering well, but you never know with our weather!
I have a small collection of older varieties and scented leaved ones which aren't particularly easy to replace So I like to keep them if I can. I've overwinrtered In several ways. I have a small unheated greenhouse but I find condensation and damp air a problem. I've found rooted cuttings on a shelf against the garage window do best. It's cold but well above freezing and the plants grow very slowly but importantly the air is dry.Plants in the house keep on growing and get a bit drawn. Mind you larger plants I decided not to overwinter and left against a wall have survived and regrown.
Thanks Bilje. Useful advice.
I've left a couple of large plants outside sheltered against a wall and they have survived too.