Comments on: Repotting Tender Annuals to Avoid the Cold http://www.karensgardentips.com/growing-garden-plants/repotting-growing-garden-plants/tips-for-the-care-of-tender-annuals-purchased-early/ Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:19:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/growing-garden-plants/repotting-growing-garden-plants/tips-for-the-care-of-tender-annuals-purchased-early/comment-page-1/#comment-3117 Karen Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:17:48 +0000 http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=993#comment-3117 Maxie, Celosias are natives of tropical areas in Ashia, Africa, and America and are considered tender annuals. You might be able to prolong its life and bloom by bringing your plant inside but a more productive alternative would be to harvest the tiny seeds and start new plants. My celosias do this themselves and I almost always a a bunch of volunteers in both the garden and the pots in which I grow them. One caveat, however, the volunteers are not always as full and pretty as the parents. Also, celosias like warm temperatures so if you keep your house on the cool side they may not grow and bloom as you expect. Karen Maxie,
Celosias are natives of tropical areas in Ashia, Africa, and America and are considered tender annuals. You might be able to prolong its life and bloom by bringing your plant inside but a more productive alternative would be to harvest the tiny seeds and start new plants. My celosias do this themselves and I almost always a a bunch of volunteers in both the garden and the pots in which I grow them. One caveat, however, the volunteers are not always as full and pretty as the parents. Also, celosias like warm temperatures so if you keep your house on the cool side they may not grow and bloom as you expect.

Karen

]]> By: Maxie http://www.karensgardentips.com/growing-garden-plants/repotting-growing-garden-plants/tips-for-the-care-of-tender-annuals-purchased-early/comment-page-1/#comment-3084 Maxie Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:51:14 +0000 http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=993#comment-3084 I have have to large celosia plants growing outside my house that i planted this year but i was wondering is it possible to transfer them to a pot and keep them inside for the winter to keep them alive? I have have to large celosia plants growing outside my house that i planted this year but i was wondering is it possible to transfer them to a pot and keep them inside for the winter to keep them alive?

]]> By: karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/growing-garden-plants/repotting-growing-garden-plants/tips-for-the-care-of-tender-annuals-purchased-early/comment-page-1/#comment-549 karen Tue, 05 May 2009 17:38:36 +0000 http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=993#comment-549 I garden in zone 7b in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. I used to live and garden in Annapolis, MD and it is also zone 7b but has very different weather. Both share the same "lowest temperature" but have many aspects of temperature and climate that are different. The USDA zones are really just guidelines and any given garden can have microclimates that will make or break plants that are marginally hardy. I have done posts on AHS heat zones, USDA zones, and frost free dates, all archived under Garden Basics. Thanks for your comments and coming to my site. I garden in zone 7b in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. I used to live and garden in Annapolis, MD and it is also zone 7b but has very different weather. Both share the same “lowest temperature” but have many aspects of temperature and climate that are different. The USDA zones are really just guidelines and any given garden can have microclimates that will make or break plants that are marginally hardy. I have done posts on AHS heat zones, USDA zones, and frost free dates, all archived under Garden Basics. Thanks for your comments and coming to my site.

]]> By: Karen http://www.karensgardentips.com/growing-garden-plants/repotting-growing-garden-plants/tips-for-the-care-of-tender-annuals-purchased-early/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Karen Tue, 05 May 2009 12:32:28 +0000 http://www.karensgardentips.com/?p=993#comment-543 I may have overlooked this information but could you tell me what zone you grow in, thanks. Enjoying your blog1 I may have overlooked this information but could you tell me what zone you grow in, thanks. Enjoying your blog1

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