My houseplants are now indoors, and I'm wanting to dig the few bulbs that also need to be brought indoors for the Winter. The word is that they need to experience a frost before they're dug out of the ground and brought indoors.
I'm really hoping I can dig my few gladiola bulbs, as well as my canna, early this coming week. I've also stopped to see about a good load of shredded hardwood mulch. Perhaps I can pick this up on Monday morning?
I purchased this hibiscus last Spring. It must have loved its location... partly sunny, partly shady with a lot of rain (not provided by me)! At any rate, check out the number of buds on this plant!
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The sun has been hiding a lot today. But I'm headed outdoors, anyway. Gonna dig those bulbs.
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Yes, I have to bring in all I want to keep tonight. They are all gathered at the patio door just awaiting their lift into the house. This the season alright.
Wow, what a pretty hibiscus! We aren't due for a frost yet, but it sure has gotten cold. I hope you got your bulbs dug up. I on the other hand need to get out and plant my tulips.
Hi Lisa, I'm sure it was at least at freezing last night! It was 34 degrees around 8:30 A.M.
Hi Catherine, It really is pretty, isn't it? I did get my bulbs dug and my 5 daffodil and 5 allium bulbs planted! My daughter called this afternoon. They'd received 6 inches of snow in Omaha! Yipes!!
None to bring in Shady. I used to move them outside but, not anymore. But I do have a few perennials and shrubs to plant...They will be fine or I can bury them in the leaf mulch pile.
I am so not ready for winter! We've hardly had a fall with all the rain.
The hibiscus is a beautiful color~~I'd be protecting it for sure!
gail
Yes, a good thing to save your lovely hibiscus, I had to bring in some pots a few weeks ago. I am scared to venture out to the unheated greenhouse and see what happened to the rest of it.
You have a lot of blooms on your hib. Did you use a bloom builder something like that?
Rosey
Hi Gail, Our weather has been cold and rainy for several weeks. I'm getting a bit tired of it. No leaf-raking, yet. Wonder if this will be the first year I'll let it lie? ha?
Rosey, Actually I used nothing on it, all summer. (Well, maybe I added a bit of fertilizer once - but it rained so all summer that I didn't need to water much at all!)
Lovely Hibiscus great apricot colour. I too am waiting for a frost so cannas can be dug up........ winter is approaching too fast where is Indian Summer?
Rosemary, I keep watching, and watching, and ... for that Indian Summer! (And I dug up my bulbs yesterday, anyway.) :-)
My two Norfolk Island pines have been inside for a while now, as has my amaryllis. I have some extra bare-root bergenia (pink). Would you like any? They are divisions of existing pants and should perform nicely!
Monica, I would dearly love an extra bare-root bergenia!! Thank you so much for your offer! I'll send you an e-mail. :-)
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