Best conditions to overwinter mirabilis jalapa tubers in Z5?

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CrabgrassCentrl New Milford, CT Oct 30, 2011

Usually I just start seeds indoors in March, but this year I wound up with a couple of tubers that came up readily and I want to try to store them in the hope that the plant will bloom earlier in the summer than seed-started ones do. It's no fun having flowering annuals for just a few weeks in late summer! If anyone thinks this is a waste of time, though, please let me know!

Past experience with tubers is that they either get too dried out, or too wet and moldy.

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evelyn_inthegarden Sierra Foothills, CA(Zone 8a) Dec 14, 2011

Hi, Cindy!

Thanks for the question, as I am wondering that very same thing. I hope that we get an answer. I LOVE 4 o'clocks! I remember them from my childhood. The nectar is sweet and tasty. Someone said it was poison, but probably not in the small amounts I tasted. I am going to try and start some early under lights this year.

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PerennialGirl Winnipeg, MB(Zone 4a) Feb 18, 2012

I have one that I've had for six years. All I do is plant it in a pot in the fall and water it once in awhile. Right now it has sprouts.

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