Northeast Gardening: Preparing Potted Plants to Come Indoors, 1 by CapeCodGardener

CapeCodGardener wrote:
My gift bougainvillia is still out on the deck--this rain (same as yours, gardenmart) is relatively warm and the nighttime temps are still in the 60s here, with mid-fifties predicted through Thursday. I've never had a bougainvillia before--my friend didn't want the trouble of overwintering it so she gave it to me last week.
I've also got some potted Rex begonias that were SO happy to be out in my shade border this summer--they grew twice as big. Sorry that they have to come back into the typical dry rooms of winter.
I haven't time for the recommended 3-4 week course of washing with Joy/Dawn, but maybe I can do it a couple of times before F-day (Frost.)
Here's a photo of the bougie (that's what they call 'em) with another gift from the same source, on the left. Haven't managed to ID that yet.