Maren Purves wrote:
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?

He/she has annuals he/she said so.

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Travis in Shoreline (just North of Seattle) Washington
USDA Zone 8
Sunset Zone 5

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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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.