I have read comments from people who have brought them in to overwinter... It is do-able but probably best put in a place that remains cool (above freezing, probably preferably above 40° F), with reduced watering. The comments mention potential insect issues too. Under those conditions, it'll probably go through a brief period of dormancy (and you may want to let them have it) - even if you had it in a sunny cool spot. If you want blooms indoors, you will most likely need some pretty high-intensity light or maybe a sun room. Also you'd need to watch out for low indoor humidity as the hot dry air from heaters in winter can be a death knell for overwintering plants (crispy leaves, white flies, spider mites, etc). In that case, you would want to run a humdifier nearby and/or place the plant on a pebble tray where it can get some moisture in the air around it.

Here are a couple of pictures taken along the way. These were sown on 2-26-12. ''> This was taken on March 31st. The photo below was taken on April 20th. "> Ready to transplant plug into a 3" pot on 4-20-12. "> The plants are very slow to grow. Finally seeing some good growth on them after the leaves have gotten a little larger. I first thought I had sowed these too late, but now watching them take off, I would once again sow around the end of Feb. The variety of Gerbera is Mega Revolution purchased from Geoseed.

Thanks for the compliment Amy, but if you've been gardening for 15 years, you are about the same as me experience wise! Don't sell yourself short. I've probably killed 3 plants for every one i have alive today. LOL. Campbell rd is really cool, esp during their sales. The only other penstemmon i've done well with is husker's red. I have 3 of those that have been happy for a while now. So far Alicia's small and smooth beardtongues look good, but they've only been in a month or so. Since they're native i have high hopes. I'll set aside the next dehlia's i can dig for you. Probably next spring. I still have some seed set aside for you from when you were going to come to the swap & didn't (larkspur, poppy and nigella), but will have to give you fresh next time i get down to bb's instead. Good to know Alicia, thanks for posting. Maybe i'll pot up some and if it decides to be showy pop it in, and if it's just dribbling i can leave it out. That's how a lot of it works anyhow. I know the ones i got from campbell rd last fall were gorgeous, but you never know if something's potted if it'll really bloom that way/time in nature or if they fiddled with it to sell it.

Duh! That red/blue thingy is just a plastic cap. It pops out and the screw is underneath.