yes, but as long as you don't know what the OP has in her/his
hanging baskets how do you know whether it's the one or the
other?

as I happen to live in the tropics there aren't a lot of
annuals here.

Maren, in Hilo, HI
(going back to lurking)

Cereus-validus..... wrote:
What you don't understand Rev. Twinkie is that Geraniums (actually
Pelargonium) and Impatiens (not Impatient) are actually tender perennials
grown as annuals and not annuals in the true botanical sense.

No matter how much you would like to bend time and space to fit your own
prurient needs, true annuals will flower and die within one year without
exception.


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"Travis" wrote in message
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alijsyed wrote:

Hi:

I purchased some outside annuals in a hanging basket. I was told
they will only make it through the summer season.

I was wondering if they were brought indoors if they could survive
over the year or even multiple years.


Is this possible and if so, how.


Any help is appreciated.


Thanks

Ali

What part of annual don't you understand?

No, you never flame.

Someone asked a simple question and got several thoughtful responses.

What part of polite don't you understand?

Callen in VA

The responses might have been "thoughtful" but didn't cut to the core
issue.
As Travis pointed out, "annual" has a specific meaning. Now, I know that
some things are sold as "annuals" that might be perennial in a tropical
climate. However, the OP used the term "annual" and that means the plant
completes its lifecycle in a year or less. Since the subject line asked
if
annuals will survive for more than one year, a concise and thoughtful
answer
would have been "NO."

Actually, it would be "probably not" or "not worth it" as I stated. That
being said, I have Geraniums on my windowsill that were in the garden
three years ago and an Impatient plant that has lived and bloomed for four
years in a strawberry pot just inside my patio door. It's even producing
seed pods this year.

However, it was a long, hard struggle to get them going and then keep them
alive until they were established indoors. They probably didn't start to
look good until they were indoors for 18 months or more. If I didn't like
blossoms in the winter so much, I would never have done it. Simply to
save them to put them out next year would NOT be worth it.