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Quote from: Artemesia's Garden on May 29, 2022, 01:47:04 PMI heard someone on the Chelsea coverage saying that most plants sold as annuals are actually tender perennials, which made me think of you saving them indoors, Taffeta. Yep, a lot of 'annuals' are just not meant for our winter climate. There are a bunch, like bacopa and osteospermum, which are from South Africa, and thus can't cope with the frosts. But that said, we've had some plants which are not meant to survive the winter...surviving the winter...outside. SO. Yes. The fuchsia and bell vine from last year's basket were not hardy, but survived outside without any problems. I've also a 3 or 4 year old nemesia who survived two lots of winter frosts already...Even things like petunia or calibrachoa which seem to be obvious annuals aren't.It's kind of sad how, as a nation, we just kind of leave so many plants out there to freeze when it's not necessarily time up for them. The most disturbing ones to me are the begonia. The type with the reddish leaves and small coloured flowers. One frost and their stems basically explode. I have one such begonia plant which I think is about 5 years old now, and winters inside. I have to be so careful when putting it out because unlike some plants that *might* survive one frost, this one...there are no second chances :/
I heard someone on the Chelsea coverage saying that most plants sold as annuals are actually tender perennials, which made me think of you saving them indoors, Taffeta.
Ben is doing very well! He's growing more and more leaves. The leaf with the holes is older, I checked him and there's nothing eating him now.I plan to repot him over the weekend I'm also growing some cat grass from a kit I had forgotten about.
@Ponyfan, if it's just one or two isolated ones they probably aren't an issue, especially if you can remove them. Just keep an eye on it to make sure it's not worse (repotting may also help this if they are living in the soil, but some bugs just come in on plant leaves).
Does it flower, Taffeta? My mom loves poinsettias but could never have them since they're toxic to pets. She does have a nice fake one that lights up.