A number of outdoor plants can be brought indoors during the colder months—here's our guide to overwintering plants (as well as a list of which plants to toss).
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Among these is alternanthera, which actually requires the short days of winter to induce its sequence of blooms — so haul it on in.
Left: Alternanthera This mainstay for foliage color in summer plantings also makes a great houseplant blooming in early winter with white flowers, giving it the common name of Christmas clover.