Roses, Aloes, and Wysteria...oh my :) - October 13th, 2005 at 07:48 AM
Hello, Hello
I posted a while back about my upcoming move to OH from FL. Well-we made it and have been here for just over a month. My plants were looking rough by the time we rolled into town BUT they are on the road to recovery. The rose and aloe plants seem to be a-ok. The peace lily is a bit questionable though.
I have left the plants outside to become a bit accustomed to the climate. I will be bringing most of them indoors this weekend after repotting them. I have a few questions and any tips would be appreciated.
The aloe plant will be moved to a more shallow planter with a gravel layer in the bottom. I plan to keep it by a window and hope it will make it through the winter ok. It has a lot of sentimental value to me (my Mom had given it to me and has since passed), so any tips or tricks are MUCH appreciated.
The rose plant is in a large terra cotta pot. Unfortunately we will need to leave that outside for the winter So our "attempt" at protecting it would be to cover it up, but the question is at what temp do we need to do this and what is a proper cover? We attempted to cover plants with garbage bags to make the move and that with the stifling heat nearly done them in.
The peace lily...can it be left outside in it's planter and protected during the winter? Anyone have any expreience with attempting to do this?
Other than that we did bring a few foilage plant arrangements (ones received when my Mom passed) and are going to attempt to bring those inddors for the winter. The ivy plant will probably be brought indoors as well. I just worry about any bugs which have found homes in the planters. We managed to bring a few lizards with us from FL even though we did check the plants prior to packing. I-yi-yi
I posted a while back about my upcoming move to OH from FL. Well-we made it and have been here for just over a month. My plants were looking rough by the time we rolled into town BUT they are on the road to recovery. The rose and aloe plants seem to be a-ok. The peace lily is a bit questionable though.
I have left the plants outside to become a bit accustomed to the climate. I will be bringing most of them indoors this weekend after repotting them. I have a few questions and any tips would be appreciated.
The aloe plant will be moved to a more shallow planter with a gravel layer in the bottom. I plan to keep it by a window and hope it will make it through the winter ok. It has a lot of sentimental value to me (my Mom had given it to me and has since passed), so any tips or tricks are MUCH appreciated.
The rose plant is in a large terra cotta pot. Unfortunately we will need to leave that outside for the winter So our "attempt" at protecting it would be to cover it up, but the question is at what temp do we need to do this and what is a proper cover? We attempted to cover plants with garbage bags to make the move and that with the stifling heat nearly done them in.
The peace lily...can it be left outside in it's planter and protected during the winter? Anyone have any expreience with attempting to do this?
Other than that we did bring a few foilage plant arrangements (ones received when my Mom passed) and are going to attempt to bring those inddors for the winter. The ivy plant will probably be brought indoors as well. I just worry about any bugs which have found homes in the planters. We managed to bring a few lizards with us from FL even though we did check the plants prior to packing. I-yi-yi