How to overwinter tender plants without a greenhouse - 5 easy methods

“How do you overwinter winder plants?” is the plants care question that I get asked most. The easiest option is to have a greenhouse, but not everybody has the space or resources to protect plants inside of a greenhouse during winter. Overwintering tender plants such as Bananas, Dahlia, Impatiens and Fuchsia can be done successfully even if you don’t have a greenhouse. Protecting plants in winter is a way to help you grow bigger and healthier plants year after year. The 5 ways I show you how to overwinter plants in this video have been a great way for me to protect my tender and half hardy plants. Overwintering plants doesn’t need to be hard are expensive, if you follow these 5 methods for protecting plants in winter then you should be able to save your favourite tender plants for enjoyment year after year.

What plants could these overwintering techniques help? There are many tender plants that could benefit from being overwintered but some examples are Chilli plants, Banana plants, Fuchsia plants and Geranium plants.

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→In this video:
00:00 Introduction to protecting tender plants
00:20 Garden location & climate
00:42 Using fleece to protect plants
02:22 Taking cuttings to overeinter plants
03:30 Save seeds of tender plants
04:21 Using warm micro climates in your garden
05:36 Protecting tender plants indoors as houseplants
06:12 Summary on tender plant overwinteringo

[greatnorthernexotic]

Great advice, Craig. I think there's a lot to be said for making the most of thermal mass and microclimates around the garden.

[debbiej]

Thanks i haven't got a greenhouse. This was really useful 👌

[GUPPYMOMCHANNEL]

I also sometimes use vinyl to keep indoor plants and guppy fish tank warm. 🎄

[mrchuffy]

So weird, been watching your content a bit recently, then George advertises this seed club, signed up for it and your face pops up, I had no idea you had a seed club! you should push it more in the videos, looking forward to more content and to next months seeds!
thanks

[dmg]

Thanks for the tips. I have a 10 year old albizia in a large tub just by my patio door beside an east facing wall, sheltered by an olive tree and an unruly jasmine. It's a beauty in summer covered in puffy pink blossom and ferny leaves. I hope it survives another winter. 🙏

[dianeconway]

Great video could you please tell me what the plant is behind you to your left when you are showing the fleece thank you

[amphetaminelogic]

Cheers Craig. Use all 5. A 6th methode is insitu protection with split bamboo mats, PE bags and old style xmas stringlights (the 6m rubber coated ones). This technique works miracles on half hardy palms, cycads. After tying up the leaves, the woven PE bags and bamboo mats keep wind and cold out, while allowing breathing. If temps drop below-5 the xmas lights come on. Below -8/-10 i wrapp the whole thing in shrinkwrap for more insulation.This provides 10 degrees over outside temp microclimate for the plant. Always take that wrap off after the frost for ventilation. This allows me to grow zone 9 palms easily (Livistona, Washingtonia, Sabals, Phoenix, Butia, Butiagrus, and Parajubea to name a few...). Cycads actually dont mind a 3 or 4 months wrap. I have C. Revoluta in full soil for 6 years now, and its gone through a week of -10 nights and below 0 days...

[TheBergmaster]

I take advantage of microclimates in my front garden in London and have plants such as barrel cactus and sedum frutescens close to the house, plus also rats tail and Christmas cactus in hanging baskets for a few years now. I even have a small rat tail cactus growing out of a Trachy palm right out in the open which is protected by the fibre on the trunk plus the cover of the leaves. I also move aeoniums and other tender plants flush to the house in corners in my back garden as you did there.

[danwilson]

For tropical shrubs like Brugmansias, Lycianthes, Tibouchinas you can also force dormancy

[TheBergmaster]

I have a couple of chilli plants which I initially brought indoors for the winter but which became infested with tiny flies, possibly fungus gnats? I had no choice but to put them outside close to the house, covered with fleece. I don't think that will be enough but fingers crossed.

[liamfinch]

Great video - thanks. Minor presentational point (please don't be offended) - you need to stop waving your hands around - very distracting!