Winter Care - Help Please!!

Hello All!
It's been a while since I logged on as we've been busy, busy busy!
The weather is turning colder (it's 6 degs out there at the mo) but remains bright and sunny (sometimes). We still have plenty of window boxes full of summer flowering plants but it won't be long before we have to empty them and try and salvage what we can for next year.
So my question really is what can we salvage?
We're usually successful with the geraniums so no worries there. This year we have begonias - what do I do with them? Marigolds? Busy Lizzies? Salvias? Petunias? The bigger plants are fuschia, arum lily, Gaillardia Royale (Gaillarde), clematis (in big clay pots). We also have a yellow, bushy plant which I've never known what it is and a succulent plant which I'll download pics because that came without a label too!
Because we returned to the UK last October until the end of December we lost ALL our plants - we don't want to do that again! I'm in two minds whether to wrap everything up in this white, voile stuff as a frost deterrent.
Right I'll go and take some pics and add them later on.
Many thanks!

Winnie

 

Thanks John. Yes the begonias are the small sort so I'll let them go along with the others you mentioned. The fuschias are .... oh, just checked .. one label has gone, but the other is a Fuschia Hybride "Champion". As for the pics I seem to have lost the right to attach anything so I've just mailed Admin to ask why.
Regards Winnie

 

Aha ... have fathomed out the new way of posting pics (being blonde it takes a while)!!!
Anyway, the succulent flowering plant which I don't have a clue as to what it is, is now in my 'album'!! The yellow plant I'll take a pic and put that in there too!
Thanks Marley Farley for getting back to me quickly!!
A bientot!
Winnie

 

Right, managed that okay. The yellow plant has taken off dramatically and is a real show-off but I don't know what it is.
Oh and dahlias in pots ... will they survive the winter?
I want to get out and start pruning various bushes - is it the right time of year for that? I guess someone will ask me what sort of bushes they are ..... I think one huge one is a philadelphus(?) which is blocking a view of the pond.
Oh I do wish I could keep you guys in a cupboard and bring you out when I need help!!!!!!

Winnie

 

Winnie, your succulent is portulaca a South African sun loving plant, the yellow one looks like Bidens, both may be killed off by severe cold and frost. Something we normally get away with here.

 

Ah, thanks a bunch Strongy! Yes the name Bidens rings a bell. I'll wrap them up in voile stuff then and put them in a sheltered spot. Love this site!!