"Wishy13764" wrote in message
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They are showing their beautiful Fall colors and soon all the leaves would
drop. I have to bring them indoors after that, because on coming winter
would
kill them, even insulated. My question is, once they are indoors, and
leaves
dropped, should I water them from time to time until spring, or just
ignore
them? My one outside in the ground usually takes care of itself, with the
periodic snow and rain periods and lasted me all these years, but
obviously the
containers ( doing this for the first time ) are another story.

Indoors is going to be too warm for them. They'll try to grow, and succumb
to spider mites and other curses of indoor dry air. You need a place that's
cool to cold like an uninsulated garage to overwinter them. They'll need to
be watered maybe twice a month, but check with your finger before doing it.

What zone are you? Lots of container plants can just be snugged up to the
house on the South side and have some leaves piled over them and do just
fine. You said you're able to grow CMs outdoors, so that means zone 7+ to
me, which means keep them outside for the winter next to the house. I keep
my potted CMs outside with no problems whatsoever and don't even snug them
up to the house, and I'm borderline 7-8.