Pelargoniums

Fancied having a go at growing Pelargoniums this year for the first time - so picked up some plugs from B&Q.

I know that they can survive in a green house/potting shed over Winter - but this means that I will have to plant them in pots - so that they are mobile.

I'd really like to plant them into the front garden - and leave them in the ground over Winter - the questions is would a bell cloche provide enough protection for them to survive over Winter?

Ta

 

I have well over 50 at the moment ( can't resist taking cutttings ) ,they all get planted out into the borders and display pots. I do dig them all up and overwinter them in a 'cold frame' that hubby made me. I don't mind doing this as I think they are worth it. I just keep a load of pots ready to pot them in during early Autumn.

 

@clanless I doubt whether they'd last the winter in the ground with a bell cloche over them, it would not be enough protection against sub-zero temperatures.
Also the cloche would keep in a lot of moisture and they'd go mouldy and rot.
It's best to keep them somewhere cool but frost free, with plenty of ventilation, and also keep them dry. I don't water mine from November until end of February.
I have lots that I overwinter in a perspex lean-to and I take more cuttings from them every spring. Like @Upsydaisy I can't resist taking cutting of them (and everything else lol)

 

I'm an addicted snipper Michael, how can anyone resist.
They are very prone to mould and rot if kept in a damp atmosphere.

 

Thanks for the replies everyone .

I planted them up this morning in some terracotta pots - so that I can bring them indoors over Winter.

For some reason I tend to think that Pelargoniums are best grown in terracotta pots - perhaps it was because I saw a nice display of them at the Eden Project in these pots.