What to do over winter

Michala_B

Hi,
I am trying to get my front garden ready for winter but not sure what to leave in the ground, what to cut back and what to dig up! Can anyone help me?! It is a lengthy post so apologies in advance.

I have two dahlia pom-poms which I planted this year and have flowered brilliantly. I have cut off the dead heads and cut the plant down to about 8 inch in height. Do I need to dig up the tubers and 'over winter (?)' them? If so, what is over wintering?

I also have three non stop begonia tubers in the ground which have stopped flowering, do I dig these up? They didn't flower as good as last year.

I also have a dollar princess perennial fuchsia which I bought this year and has flowered. Do I trim that back now or next spring? I've read conflicting advice so not sure what to do.

I also have a lavatera which was pot bound until I put it in the main garden this year. It has flowered (not with a lot of flowers though) but has mainly bare branches as I think it is still recovering for being pot bound. Am I best leaving this and pruning it next spring so that the branches have longer to recover?

I have a small jasmine plant which I cut right back last autumn as it wasn't looking the healthiest. It has grown back this year to about 10" in height but hasn't flowered. Is this normal? And should I cut it back this year?

And finally....I have three poundland shrubs and a camellia all growing in pots and all doing well but getting a bit pot bound. Should I leave these in the pots and put them in my shed over winter or leave pots outside? Or put them in bigger pots and if so leave these inside or outside? The shrubs are starting to lose their leaves but appear in good health.

Sorry for all the questions, I'm still learning and don't want to risk losing healthy plants because I don't know what to do!

Thank you all in advance,

Michala

I_have_spoken

In Yorkshire, lifting the dahlias is sensible; 'over wintering' means the tubers are kept somewhere dark and frostfree like a garage or in a shed, usually in a box filled with sand so they don't dry out.

TBH, I'd chuck out the begonias and buy fresh next year.

Fuschia and jasmine, they may benefit from some shelter. My star jasmine is already in the conservatory (in a pot) - I'm in Glasgow.

Michala_B

I_have_spoken wrote: »

In Yorkshire, lifting the dahlias is sensible; 'over wintering' means the tubers are kept somewhere dark and frostfree like a garage or in a shed, usually in a box filled with sand so they don't dry out.

TBH, I'd chuck out the begonias and buy fresh next year.

Fuschia and jasmine, they may benefit from some shelter. My star jasmine is already in the conservatory (in a pot) - I'm in Glasgow.

Thank you I have spoken, I'm thinking the same as you about the begonias especially as they are not as good as they were last year.

I will put the fuchsia and jasmine indoors too to give them a bit of protection incase we have a bad winter.

I will dig up the dahlia tubers too.

I'll soon be sounding like I know what I'm doing!!!!

Thank you!!

wallbash

I always keep my begonias. Tubers get bigger, better start next year .

Michala_B

wallbash wrote: »

I always keep my begonias. Tubers get bigger, better start next year .

Thank you wallbash. I think I will start with fresh begonias next year as the ones I have really haven't performed that well this year for some reason.