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| If they are pelargoniums (the ones we usually call geraniums and use as bedding plants) they can be kept if you have somewhere to keep them away from frost. I pot my best ones up and bring them into our garden room - a well insulated and light room half way down the garden - a sort of detached conservatory! You can bring them onto your windowsills indoors. I don't know if an unheated greenhouse would do - I suspect in all but the harshest winters it would. Keep them ticking over - water a little, not too much.In the spring they will begin to grow actively. At this point you can take the growing bits - a few leaves and a growing tip, cut them off the main plant and pot up individually - a seed and cutting compost is best but you can usually get away with general purpose. These will form new plants - they root readily so you will increase your stock. Otherwise you can just use the original plant but I like something for free don't you?
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| Hi Cheffi They're not always as good in year 2 as these bedding types are hybrids and tend to loose vigour quickly. Unless they are really good I wouldn't bother, I just go to one of our local nurseries and buy a 3" pot full of seedlings for about £2 and prick them out - it's cheaper than buying seed or taking cuttings and I get a pot at the end of it ![]() With named varieties it's different of course you have to do this but they're worth it as about £2-50 a cutting to replace
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so the geraniums I planted in my flower beds...can I do anything to keep them for next year please? If so detailed instructions for dummies would be helpful. Thanks. 




You can bring them onto your windowsills indoors. I don't know if an unheated greenhouse would do - I suspect in all but the harshest winters it would. Keep them ticking over - water a little, not too much.

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