Expert: Kenneth Joergensen - 9/13/2006

Question
   My elephant plants grew well outside this summer (my first year at it).You said to cut, clean,dry and store for winter. My question is, living it Connecticut zip 06010 what is the reason i should not bring the plants and pot in the house for the winter and bring it back out in the spring? It's just so big and beautiful to cut down. Thank you  

Answer
If you have room to bring it indoors, then there is nothing wrong with that. It needs a lot of room, water, and sunshine. It is preferred if you have a large south facing sun room and if you could supplement with artificial lights (minimum flourescents but high intensity lights are better). These plants require quite bring light, much brighter than typical living rooms in winter.

If you have the ability to keep it growing indoors, you can certainly do that.