Can I remove geraniums from garden and store for spring planting
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I have a geranium from last spring still in its original pot. It won't die. Can I take a cutting off it? And how do I get it to sprout?
Yes
You can pot them and bring them inside for winter. Theyre not a bulb so you cant store them.
Yes I am aware of this but seems people used to dig them up from the garden and hang
them in a basement or somewhere to dry and replant in spring !!
Thanks for replying.
There's two ways you can do this. I've had great success with both. Just depends on which way is more practical for your needs. Because I had a lemon geranium that I wanted to have grow in my flower bed each year, the smell is fabulous especially after the rain, I too wanted a way to bring it back year after year. Living in NH, it's too cold to make it outside on its own. So, what I did was, before the frost hit it, I took healthy clippings from the original plant and put some in a glass (literally an 8 oz drinking glass) put it on a sunny window sill, and over the winter it grew roots. Come spring I simply hardened it off, by placing it in the sun gradually, them replanted it back into my bed where the original plant had been planted. The other way I've done it is, I've dug up the plant and put it in a pot and put in my basement with a fluorescent light on overhead all winter and only watering it about once a month. This also worked, it actually flowered over the winter, believe it or not. This is a bit more costly, as you have to keep that light on all winter, but it definitely works. Come spring, after hardening it off, I replanted it back in my flower bed. It did great!! Hope this helps! ☺️