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what to do for the winter

12 years ago

Hello, I have the following plants on my balcony and wanted to know what to do with them or how they fare for the winter:
Sweet basil
Purple basil
Peppermint
Chocomint
Sweet mint
Catnip
Xinnia
Marigolds
Daisy
Nasturtium
Rosemary
Strawberries
Wildflowers
Lavender

I don't have room at all to bring them inside. My balcony does have a roof of sorts being the balcony above mine so it's somewhat protected from getting snowed on directly but have to bring the plants up against the glass door which means they wouldn't get sun because I have a north facing balcony. I was going to take some cuttings of some the herbs to root and grow inside and just keep them small like the basils and mints. My rosemary are practically seedlings as they got a late start. Can I take cuttings of lavender to grow? Mine looks funny, the longer, older stems lay down instead of stand up and it hasn't flowered yet, I grew it from seed this spring. And I don't know what to do about the flowers though I've been collecting seeds from the marigolds (I have thousands now) and some from the xinnia. I have 2 nasturtiums and only one has given me a flower (just one flower...last week). I grew all the plants from seed this spring except for the strawberries and purple basil which I bought this spring as well. Thanks!

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