Winter Flower Garden Poll Results

If You Need Help Growing Flowers in Winter You Are Not Alone

Jan 15, 2008

So the unscientific poll results are in and the outlook isn't too pretty -- no flowers for most of us, that is to say. Let's rethink this and give it a try, shall we?!

The last flower gardening poll I ran looked at readers' attitudes about flowers during the winter months. Among the respondents, 21% grow house plant flowers indoors; 5% purchase cut flowers to enjoy indoors; another 5% both grow their own indoors and purchase cut flowers. A darned lucky 11% don't have this problem because they don't experience snowy cold winters where they live. But overwhelmingly, respondents simply give up and go play snow bunny or whatever for the duration -- a whopping 58% don't even bother to mess with flowers in the winter months. That's too bad. And I have to say, that's too many!!!!

To give you naysayers , nonbelievers and non participants a few tips and some much-needed encouragement, I've written a piece on flowers you can grow indoors during the off season. I hope it gives you a few ideas and maybe inspiration to give it a try. Flowers are so uplifting during those long cold January and February days and they keep your green thumb in practice for when the real season starts up again.

Here ya go: suggestions on indoor winter flowering plants you could try growing so you don't have to be a scofflaw any more. Read more FLOWER GARDENS ARTICLES and FLOWER GARDENS BLOGS