Winter watering is the most crucial chore in the winter. Deciduous plants should be thoroughly soaked after leaf fall and a couple hard freezes. Evergreens should be deeply watered every three to four weeks through out the winter unless we get enough snow or rain to keep the roots from becoming dry. This is especially important with newly planted material, whether deciduous of evergreen. Plant material should be watered every two to three weeks, and this should be done on a day that air temperatures are above freezing and the ground is not frozen. Plants growing in poorly drained soils will need less watering.

Using tender plants as house plants
This may not be something that many of you want to do, but since I don't have house plants I us my zonal Geraniums as houseplants.  All I do is make sure to get the plant into the garage when the night time temperatures head for the 40 degrees or cooler, then I bring into the house and make sure to give it as much sun as possible.  The blooming will stop, but my multi color leaf will remain as long as I make sure the plant gets direct sun.

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