DENVER — The first frost is inevitable.
While it can be depressing for gardeners, it's also an opportunity to save a wide variety of plants over the winter. They can be brought back outside or planted again next spring. All you need to save them are windows.
Don't bother to save true annuals. These are plants that have a one-year life cycle. So skip marigolds, zinnias and petunias.
But many, many other plants can be brought to safety. You can bring in the pot they're growing in or dig them out of the ground. You can also take cuttings and root them in water or in soil.
It's worth saving or taking cuttings of geraniums, coleus, bloodleaf, oxalis, sweet potato vine and begonias.
You'll also want to bring tropical plants inside such as hibiscus, flowering maple, dwarf citrus and succulents. All they need to survive is a sunny window.
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