Removing geraniums from garden to re-plant in spring.

Good Morning Ruth :) Here are a few videos to help you understnd how to successfully overwinter your geraniums :) Good Luck and thanks for using HOMETALK for answers :)

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If planted in the ground dig up and re-plant them in a pot of fresh soil,spray them down for insects with horticultural oil,place in indirect light so they begin to adjust different growing conditions.Bring them inside and place in a bright location

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! ☺️

No, you can just leave in pots and they will dry out in basement

I LOVE geraniums. They are so forgiving and I dig up mine every year to replant next spring. Before the first frost, dig up and put in pots. Cut WAY back (leaving maybe 2 inches). Water and put in the garage (preferably near a window). Water occasionally throughout the winter (but not too much). Replant in spring after LAST frost. Fertilize, water, then wait for the show!

Yes, that should be sufficient. They're pretty much dormant in the winter and don't need much light. You will be amazed at how they come back and flourish in the spring.

Yes I leave them out , until frost is expected, then I take them in to my cold greenhouse where I tidy them up ( remove any dread foliage/flowers etc) I then leave in there pots with a cover of Newspaper lightly on them. I check on them next day and either put more Newspaper on or throw Bubble wrap or Polythene sheet (Thin) over them all and leave until a day in February when I will check on them, . I have been using this method of over wintering Geraniums for many years, and manage to over winter most. Please remember I live in the south east of UK. Good luck with your plants..............