Winter -- Let's have a Funeral or Wake

[calr]

I planted this red Geranium in Spring of last year and it has thrived, pumping out beautiful red flowers for almost a year. However, in mid January of this year we had about a week of nighttime freezes. Poor flower didn't know what hit it!

Incidentally, if you are wondering about the angle and possible distortion. That blue pot is called a "sunken pot". The top of the pot is tilted about 30 degrees with a flat bottom. The net effect is the appearance that the pot has sunk into the concrete! It is very heavy, weighing around 15 pounds!



Shot with my Motorola Photon 4G cell phone camera.

Cal

[jjdog2]

I have some in the basement waiting for spring to arrive.

jj

[SharpShotGal]

Brrrrr bring that poor thing in side and let her freshen up for spring time....

[MVASteve]

Interesting, plants look like that after extreme heat too!

[vsch1]

I have wintered geraminums inside, they do very well. rescue the poor thing, Cal.

[Tullio]

Just prune it all the way down and it will come back in the spring. Geraniums are indestructible.

[calr]

Originally Posted by Tullio

Just prune it all the way down and it will come back in the spring. Geraniums are indestructible.

Too late! I just ripped it out and put it in the garbage. I'll get a new one as soon as they are available.

Cal

[selvin]

Anything my wife touches is green everything else that I touch looks like this.

[Tullio]

Originally Posted by calr

Too late! I just ripped it out and put it in the garbage. I'll get a new one as soon as they are available.

Cal

Well, if you have any other Geranium that does not look as dead, break a stem or two and stuck it in the soil (any pot/cup with soil). In a few weeks it will generate roots, then you can transplant it to a bigger container.

[mtngal]

Poor thing! It looks so sad, frozen like that.