Ok, you’ve gotten lucky so far. Despite a few evenings threatening a light frost, you've skated by with your potted tropical plants out on the porch. Maybe you slid them in the garage or tucked them ...

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Penn Live: Tropical plants in Harrisburg? Many of these warm-weather beauties make worthy summer landscape choices The heat and humidity of a typical Harrisburg August is enough to make it seem as if we're living in the tropics. If that's the case, we may as well grow with the flow. Plenty of tropical plants do ...

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Tropical plants in Harrisburg? Many of these warm-weather beauties make worthy summer landscape choices The Courier-Journal: Here's when you need to bring your tropical plants indoors and other winter plant tips Here's when you need to bring your tropical plants indoors and other winter plant tips The Columbian: Southern comfort: How to help your tropical plants survive the winter blues Southern comfort: How to help your tropical plants survive the winter blues The Florida Times-Union: Cooler weather can damage your tropical plants. Here's how to protect them. Gardeners in Northeast Florida should prepare to protect tropical plants as cooler weather arrives. Before moving plants indoors, clean them of dead leaves and pests, and check the soil for insects.

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Cooler weather can damage your tropical plants. Here's how to protect them. NOLA.com: Start now to transition tropical plants back inside for the winter Many of us use tropical plants in containers to embellish our homes indoors. We call these plants “houseplants,” but most plants merely tolerate living inside our homes. They would be happier outside.