The latter autumn and winter months can cause havoc for avid gardeners, with many plants and flowers disliking the dropping temperatures and frost that come along with the season. Although a number of plants will die back or go dormant, you can protect a small collection of plants by using them as houseplants.
Gardening expert and TikTok creator Ish recently shared a list of the five plants you’d usually find in the garden but can thrive as houseplants, ultimately protecting them from the throes of winter. Consider moving them inside during the colder months to keep the alive and protect them from frost. Ish wrote: “Save your plants from winter frost by using them as house plants over winter. Some plants actually work really well as plants you can grow indoors too.”
Begonias and Geraniums
Ish warned that these two plants don’t do well in the winter temperatures, explaining that the frost will “finish them off”. Some varieties of the plants can be used as houseplants.
These flowers can thrive inside, placed with indirect sunlight. However, you need to make sure the soil doesn’t dry out.
Ish said: “The cool thing is, you can even plant them back up in spring and keep them going just like perennials.”
Fatsia
Ish said: “Not many people realise this, but the fatsia japonica not only does well in a shady area in the garden with a little bit of moist soil, but it can actually tolerate a slight bit of drought, meaning it does quite well as a houseplant, again in indirect sunlight.
“And you can use your traditional ones or even the spider web variety, and they do really, really well.”
Fatsias will need a “decent-sized” pot to help grow in. These plants are also easy to prune too.
Ferns
While ferns in the garden may be on their way out, smaller varieties of ferns work really well as houseplants. Ish explained: “Shade-loving plants don’t mind being houseplants. But just remember, don’t over-water it and keep it all claggy because that will attract flies and we don’t want any of that in our house.”
Cordylines
Various types of palms are suitable as houseplants, as they are drought tolerant and don’t mind indirect sunlight. Cordylines also work in an airy space.
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