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May 20, 2011 7:39 AM CST
Name: Lee Anne Stark
Brockville, Ontario, Canada (Zone 5a)
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I'm seeing them in all of the garden centres...and I just know that a few are eventually going to come home with me. Problem is, I've always lost them trying to overwinter...mostly because I'm never quite sure what to do with them.

Do they have to go dormant?
If so, how? like I'd store a geranium for instance?(dry out and place in a paper bag somewhere dark)
If not, will they keep growing for 8 or 9 months in the house with artificial heat?

These things are expensive up here...$12.00 and more for one bulb/tuber and I need to be really well prepared.

Thanks in advance for any help.

ps. I'm in northern-ish Ontario, Canada...our winters have been said to be colder and harsher than Moscow Sad

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