A Few Questions About Flowers...?

Question

1.) What is this called?
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Can I bring it in the house and it live thorugh winter? Will it still flower in winter in the house?

2.) I bought this:

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It is from a bulb and called luck clover. Shold I bring it in or just dig up the bulbs. It grows from bulb in less than a week. Also, it has little pink flowers that come up but it only flowered once. is it only supposed to once?

3.) I have this snapdrgon:

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I have never seen this color before and want to bring it in. Will it die since it's only an annual?

Thanks. :)

Answer 1

1. Coleus.. yes, it will grow wonderfully indoors.. pinch off the flowers, they die after flowering...give it an east or south window and plenty of water and pinch flowers..
2. i don't know where you live so i don't know if that one will over winter outdoors.. find out what growing zone you are in and the growing zone of that plant..

3. snap dragons will not grow indoors... collect the little black seeds when the brown seed pods are dry and beginning to open on there own... then start them indoors about a month before spring in your area.. then transplant them back out doors.... in spring, i find them sprouting up all over in my garden, then transplant them to where i want them...i love snapdragons :)

one more bit of advice.. any plants that you want to grow indoors, be sure to buy bagged sterilized soil to grow them in, don't just use soil from outside for indoor growing, too many bacteria and other pathogens that will kill your plants in an indoor environment... Hyponex, Miracle Grow are some of the available bagged soil mixes

Answer 2

The best thing you can do is try. Let me tell you what we do.....we put a table in front of a south window. We put all the potted flowers on it and check them everyday to see if they need watering. We have not lost anything yet. All seem to love that south window where the sun shines all winter long.

When the spring nights get to 70 degrees, we start moving everything back outside. Water well. Wait about a week and then scratch in some slow-release fertilizer and water well. We like Osmocote. Be sure to read the directions on the containers. There are many good products on the market.

If you keep your flowers in pots, you can also use slow-release and a liquid fertilizer. A good one is Miracle-Gro Bloom Booster. Read the directions. You can use it every 7 to 14 days.

But most of all, you need to watch that watering. Pots dry out so fast.

So do like we do, give it a try. If you lose a plant or two, start over. That's what gardeners do, start over.

Happy gardening to you. :o)

Answer 3

The 1st plant it is a coleus, yes you can bring it in for the winter but you never won a let this 1 bloom if you see the little flowers pinch them off .

The next 1 is an oxalis and is a little bitty bulb , it will die out for the winner, it come back next year.

Unfortunately the snapdragon will not make it through the winner, enjoy it why you have it.

Answer 4

your 1st flower is a coleus. make sure that you pinch off the flowers whenever you see any on it. it is going to seed when it gets flowers and the plant will die if you leave the flowers. it will live inside just fine. they are east to pinch off pieces and put in water to root if you want more of them. your next flower looks like it might be a wild flower that comes up in the fall. does the bottom look just like the top? if so, and it is the wild flower it will just come back up next fall. your clover would look nice in a pot inside for the winter. i think that it blooms just whenever it wants, if you put it back outside next yr, it spreads fairly well. not sure on the snapdragon. in the south they plant them in the fall and first thing in the spring so they are pretty hearty in the mild cold. you can always try to bring it in and keep it where it isn't real warm. maybe in a dark cool place and keep a check on it.

Answer 5

#1 is a coleus, and you can bring it in the house for it to live through winter; just pinch it back if it starts to bloom.
#2 is oxalis and you can winter over in the house, but it won't do well.
#3 is a snapdragon, and it's considered to be an annual, so no, it won't over winter in the house.