I dolly in my 2 potted crotons (very large pots) to my semi-outdoor atrium off the garage. I cover them with a light fleece blanket it the temps drop below 32. I also dolly in the 4 large ixoras to the semi-outdoor atrium. They seem to be the most temperature sensitive so I may arrange them in my foyer and see if they do better inside than in the atrium. All those items are in really big, heavy pots and with my bad back, I HAVE to use a dolly. I bring my macho fern and smaller ferns in the house to be safe. My dwarf schefflera, that lives in the atrium most of the year has to be brought inside to the foyer as well.
It's just too delicate to put a blanket over, even a light fleece blanket. It drops a lot of leaves inside each year, but replenishes them quickly when it goes back out to the atrium in Spring. My huge 22" spider plant pot outside I just wrap with a fleece blanket anytime the temps are 40 or below. It has survived 3 winters outside just doing that. As you can see, it is not suffering from "owner abuse":
I just potted about 12 babies off this monster yesterday. Man, does it produce offspring living outside! If I don't snip them off, they'll drag down to the dirt and root!
