Tropicals & Tender Perennials: How many cold climate people have a lot of tropical plants?, 0 by Lily_love

Lily_love wrote:
Hi everyone, I've a sizable collection of tropicals here in zone 7b. Minimum low temp. of 10F here in during winter for short duration and intervals. And yes, I like many others have to haul them indoor. My overwinter - makeshift greenhouse is my basement. Ordinary florescent lights have been adequate to keep most of my tropical plants semi-dormant, 'til I take them back out door in early Spring. The hard labor does pay off. Here is Kahilii ginger (in containers) in the heat of summer down South.