Summer is coming to an end and announces the coming of the first frosts. To prepare for this, it is advisable to start protecting your plants, especially the most fragile ones, from November. If the smaller ones can be brought inside, it is not always easy to know what to do with the larger plants. These few tips are very useful for this purpose.
During the summer, tropical plants such as orchids and anthuriums will surely have trailed on the terrace or balcony, it's time to bring them inside. Indeed, these plants do not support the cold and one can be sure that they will not survive the bad season. The ideal is to winter them in a well-insulated veranda, however, it is also possible to install them in a sufficiently bright room with a mild temperature or near a water point. The same is true for cacti and succulents, which must benefit from good light.
Cannas, dahlias, gladioli and other begonias should also be protected. To do this, we recommend waiting for their foliage to be destroyed by the first frosts before uprooting them. It is then enough to extract the roots with a spade, to clean them, to dry them and to store them in a dry and dark place like in a box for example. As for orangery plants, they should be grown in pots to avoid breakage. When the first frosts come, we recommend sheltering them in a ventilated and well-lit room such as a garage.
Freezing open ground trees and shrubs such as palms and mimosa suffer during winter periods. Thus, to protect them, it is advisable to wrap them with a canvas which will be tied at his feet in order to keep them in place. If these tips are followed to the letter then the plants will survive until spring. In the meantime, why not set up a winter garden?
