With the coming autumn, the risk of frost increases when the temperature drops below 0˚C, but not below -5˚C.Many terrace and balcony plants can be seriously damaged even at low subzero temperatures, so they should be placed in the rooms before night frosts.The first to protect sensitive bougainvillea, banana trees, Ensete, hibiscus, Chinese rose, brugmansja, Erythrina coral trees, lantanas and mandevillas.
Light frosts will endure Abutilon, Cassia, citrus species, Callistemon mug, agapanthus, oleander and Rantonetta Lycianthes rantonetti. They can be moved to the premises after the first frost occurs. The most resistant to frost are figs, laurel laurus nobilis, olive, pomegranate and aukuba.Plants of these types can be kept on the terrace for the longest time.The exact date of transferring plants to protected rooms is difficult, because it depends not only on the species or genus.
They are influenced by e.g. position and growing conditions.It is warmer in a sheltered place, so the plants growing there can be left a bit longer.Fertilization during the season is a very significant factor - plants are fed intensively to low temperatures than those fed less, especially with fertilizers with a reduced nitrogen content - such a fertilizer allows plants to gradually prepare for winter.
