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How do I winter-over flowers?
I have 7 window-boxes filled with perinneals. Lavender, lemon-balm, spearmint, aztec pearl verbena, toto black-eyed susan, and veronica. I know these are all flowers that spread and get "shrubby". I have two flowers planted in each 2-foot planter. I need to know how to winter them over. Do I simply cover them? Can I plant them in seperate buckets and put them in the basement? I want them to come back next year, but I have never planted perinneals in planters before. Help!
I don't know where you live... I am in Minnesota and because it gets so cold, we cover everything with layers of leaves and sometimes tarps.
I would recommend taking all your planters and placing them 'together' and then cover them well, with mulch or leaves, once fall comes... keeping them from drying out and freezing out in the winter.
some perennials can be brought inside if you want to prolong the 'wintering' ... I have done geraniums this way before.... otherwise, I just bury plants under leaves and snow for the winter and they do fine!
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