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Geraniums, also known as pelargoniums, are essential flowering plants for your balcony or patio. Geraniums are perfect for decorating gardens, balconies, and patios in summer. This graceful perennial is highly prized for its pink, white, or even yellow flower petals. However, this plant is very sensitive to cold and must be overwintered when temperatures reach 0°C.
After overwintering your geranium indoors, you’ll want to bring it outside for the sunny days of early spring. Here’s how to bring these flowering plants out of winter.
How to get geraniums out of winter?
geraniums
Geranium is a perennial plant with flexible, thin stems that can be trained or hung, depending on the many varieties. This flowering plant is very easy to grow and maintain, but is not winter-hardy. It must be kept indoors to protect it from frost. Depending on the variety, its foliage contains distinctive aromas such as lemon, apple, or pepper. Geranium blooms year-round with beautiful, large flowers, making it ideal for balconies or terraces.
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geranium in winter
geraniums in winter
Geraniums are flowering plants that are not afraid of the cold. When the cold weather arrives, it is important to bring them indoors to protect them from the first frosts. They should be stored in a cool, airy, frost-free place. For a good winter, place your potted planters in a location with a temperature between 10 and 15°C. Cut the stems of your flowering plants back to about 2/3 of their roots. To survive the winter, reduce watering your potted plants and then stop watering them completely. Give them water from February and March and take your planters outside in the spring.
If you have geraniums in the garden, grown in the ground, remove them before the first drop in temperature. Trim the root tips and cut the branches back to 2/3 of their length. Keep your plants in a cool, bright location until spring. Water them when the soil feels dry to the touch, then place your geraniums in a bright location with a temperature ranging from 8° to 35°.
After overwintering the geraniums
remove overwintering geraniums
Once the winter chill has passed, it’s time to bring your annuals out of the winter. As soon as temperatures start to rise and leaves begin to appear on the trees, you can bring your flowering plants back out. First, to bring it out of its hibernation period, you can water your plant and place it in a room with a warmer temperature. Your geranium will likely have dry foliage, some limp branches, and dry soil. To revive your flowering plant, you’ll need to go through several steps. Gradually accustom your beautiful plant to natural light. Take it out of the winter and place it outside in the shade, then in the sun, until it adjusts to these new temperatures. In all cases, it should remain in a sheltered location and avoid excessive exposure to the sun. Sprinkle it with a little water to wake it up.
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To ensure good flowering and a good recovery, you can repot your geranium. Remove the geranium from the pot or planter and trim back half of the roots. Make sure the container is clean to prevent bacterial growth. Repot your geranium with soil and compost. Once your plant is well established, trim off any dry parts like leaves or stems that may have died over the winter. Once your spring cleaning is complete, your geranium can be maintained regularly throughout the year.
After a good wintering period, geraniums can live up to 20 years and will brighten up your balconies or terraces with their colorful flowers. In addition, their fragrance perfectly perfumes your outdoor space.
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