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Sep 4, 2016 7:25 PM CST
Name: Elaine
Sarasota, Fl
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If you can keep it inside in a sunny window, it will stay green and make a really nice foliage plant. Your gentle sun and short days will help to keep it dormant through your winter. If you turn your thermostat down at night and/or shut off the heat vents near the plant to keep it cool it will be very easy care. Mine stay outdoors year 'round but don't grow through the winter, even though we get days in the 80's. They need very little water and no fertilizer until the weather is warming up in spring.

I would bring it in before the first frost, and wouldn't put it outside again until the night temperatures are dependably above 50F or so. ( that's 10C in Canada) It will get bigger and bloom more generously for you for years. They like to be root bound and don't like re-potting so just leave it in one pot as long as you can.
Elaine

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