Ditto- But I'm just Mentioning my Perrinial Type Plants, that I have Kept Not just going for many yrs but Super Big in size as what they are from their Original warm yr round Orgins/County. I did it just as a Challange , Test to see and its worked and being Cheap . While saved the Money ( Ave $100) Rebuying them every year, I paid for it in Time and Effort .. and have you ever seen "Spikes" 4-5 ft Tall, like Mini Palm Trees? Or the same 5 ft tall Gerrainiums? or 6 ft accross Asparagus Plants? Not only blow the minds of Family and friends vistiing, but I bring one of them to our Annual-late Summer Garden show in town and have won an award every yr these past 5 yrs..Nobody has a Such Large ones as I have ! Especially all the Women & Pro's that have been doing Gardening alot longer than I have. I got One Pro Gardening Business doing the same now and they are catching up with the size of mine now! Went into their lace last Feb. and saw them in their Place/Atrium....selling for $100-$150 each! Germs 5x bigger than the usual $25 baskets with Stalks the size of Small Tree trunks! Takes Loopers to cut them or a hand saw! Just like Growing those 500-1,000 Lb Pumpkins! I grew them too for 5 yrs ! my Biggest was only 465 lbs..but started the Annual Largest Privately -Locally Grown Pumpkin contest in our town ! This Season? the Biggest was 678 lbs! by some 83 yr old Woman, that nursed it like it was one of her Grandkids, she said..! And since we're a Lake Resort town? The Great Pumpkin Boat Race was held this Yr for the 1st time too! 8 entered to win the $100 1st prize, $50/2nd and $25 for 3rd and Alot of Laughs! by the Jaycees! Special Prize ribbon went for the sexiest Owner- a 61 yr old former Playboy Bunny woman ( The Playboy Club Resort was in our town ), she did that job for its last 2 yrs in business here and She still looked GREAT in her Old Bunny Costume no less! Maybe she let out alittle In the Butt and alittle more support in the chest and wore a Wig, but her Bunny Tail & Ears were very cute & Sexy! ;-)

Which ginger do you have? Steve

My brother-in-law asked me 5 years ago if he could bring a couple habanero pepper plants inside over the winter. I told him I doubted it would work, and even if it did it wouldn't be worth it. He didn't listen to me, the biologist and supposed garden expert. His plans are were 4 years old when he got lazy last fall and they were killed by an early frost. They had produce unbelievably well every summer. The stems became woody like some kind of small shrub. Every fall he'd bring them in and stick them by a window. A lot of the leaves would fall off, and they would get sickly looking. They seem to adjust after a month or two, and they perk up nicely- even flowering sporadically all winter long. He made no attempt to pollinate them, so they never set fruit. When he took them out in late spring, they would go berzerk and yield huge crops way way earlier than you would expect. It was pretty cool. I'm going to try it with a serrano this fall.

Rather than taking the time to just parrot back information that is readily available online, I'd suggest a Google search under each individual botanical (not common) name. Most of the plants you list are typically grown as houseplants, so overwintering should not be a big issue. But warmth and bright (if not direct) light are necessary for most, so a dark, cool basement may not be an ideal location. patchouli - Pogostemon cablin cigar plant = Cuphea ignea lemon tree = Citrus x limon or Citrus x meyeri (second is most likely). brugmansia and iochroma are very closely related, so the same type of winter care would apply to both. streptocarpella and alsobia are Gesneriads, the same family as African violets, and require similar care.