Can any annuals be brought in for winter & live through it?

Can any annuals be brought in for winter & live through

Hi Everyone, Do you all know can any of the annuals be brought in for the winter and live through it, and put them back out in spring, I just hate loosing some of mine, I know I have enough to bring in without bringing in my annuals to, Besides that my hubby may shoot me!! But some of them are just so nice, I know it's a crazy question but just thought I would ask. :-?

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There are some that I know will do OK indoors for the winter. Geraniums, Coleus, and Double Impatiens come to mind. I bring in my Brugmansia, Black and Blue Salvia, Oleander, Dipladenia and Bougainvillea.

 

Up here in the cold north people bring in Fuchsia and Argyranthemum. They only get bigger and better with overwintering if you've got space for them. I kill every plant I try to overwinter so I just don't buy them.

 

margie, i've experimented with lots of annuals and growing them during the winter months. they do well as long as they can get enough light, otherwise they get leggy.

 

I have had success with hybiscus, double impatiens, begonias and geraniums. You need to spray them for insects, I have had trouble with spider mites after bringing them in. They do need a window with good light.

 

i bring in my geraniums yearly. Now rooting imps to try to keep over.
bali

 

I bring my geraniums to my office every fall some of them are several years old! I've never tried the impatiens but I have one on the front porch. I'll make sure he comes to the office too

 

LOL... i don't think most of the plants you mentioned are "annuals" but rather tender exotics...
when i think of annuals, i think mostly of zinnias, sunflower, etc

i could be ignorant or just don't know much, but i guess annuals are plants that after blooming and seeding - they are JUST done... and there is nothing you can do to get them through another year. that's why they are annuals, one year and that's it.
but i could be wrong. am i?

 

i thought annuals were plants that grew and produced flowers the first year and then die from frost or the cold. last year i potted up a petunia plant and kept it in the house through the winter. it's in the same pot outside now and very lush. going to keep it going through the winter again this year...it has red flowers and the hummingbirds love it!

 

toni, i don't know of any plants that die after a year unless by weather conditions? can you name me one?

 

very interesting toni! i can see corn, lettuce, and cauliflower...tho i have seen cauliflower develop small heads, like the cabbages and broccolis when the main head is cut.

a perfect example of wheat not being an annual is the second and third, sometimes fourth cutting farmers can get with the plants. i performed such a thing this year in my greenhouse. i planted Vicar Oats in a flat and never got it transplanted into the gardens. in the flat it grew it's first flush of seed, then started to grow another flush.

first flush of seed...



second flush...the green stems coming up...



i believe with the right weather conditions, the plants will keep doing this, but up here, they die in the frost in fall. i guess you're right about semantics, and it depending on where one lives. so what do you consider an annual down there?

 

well bunkie... i am not sure. it could also mean that the second round is from... seeds from the first one? then it has nothing to do with the first round - just a thought.
annuals here really make no sense overwintering. all annuals (referring to plants that bloom, not veggies) are pretty cheap in spring. also they make lots of seeds, easy to collect and easy to propagate by seeds.
and as they are annuals, they tend to have a rapid growth rate. cause they know by fall they should be "done".
that is why i am not an annual fan. i used to have some in the garden, did very well, but for a very short time, and then they started drying up.
this year i had godetia but i enjoyed them for a very short time.