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Not every herb overwinters the same. Sort them into three groups: hardy perennials stay outside, half-hardy come in cool and bright, sensitive ones you resow.
Rosemary rarely freezes to death, it rots in wet cold. How to overwinter it cool and bright, prune it right without cutting into old wood and choose hardy varieties.
The potted olive rarely dies of frost but of wet and darkness. Why you overwinter it cool, bright and almost dry and bring it indoors only late.
If your lemon drops its leaves in winter, it is almost always the quarters. Why leaf drop is a light-warmth mismatch and how to avoid it cool and bright.
You overwinter potted fruit by temperature and light, not the calendar. The roadmap for fig, olive and citrus, so each plant gets the right winter quarters.
