COMING IN FROM THE COLD: Wintering Your Outdoor Plants Indoors The outdoor growing season closes at some point wherever you live, whether that arrives as a hard freeze in November or as a run of nights too cool for tender plants. It does not have to end the growing. Begonias, geraniums, herbs, even a compact pepper plant can keep going all winter on the right windowsill, provided the move inside is handled with some care. Plants hauled abruptly from yard to living room tend to go into “shock,” wilting and dropping leaves no matter how attentively you water them afterward. A slower, better-planned transition spares them that ordeal. Here is how to choose what comes in, how to move it well, and how to keep it green until spring.
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November 2026
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