geraniums

Glad your baskets have been successful - now for the bad news! Busy lizzies will keel over instantly at the first frost, turn to mush practically overnight, so they usually get composted.
Geraniums can be overwintered, but you'd need to either have them as houseplants (not my first choice) or dig them out, chop down by two thirds, pot up in a mix of sand/peat/or old compost, and put somewhere dry and frost free for the winter. Get them out in early March, repot them into proper compost, bring into the light and start watering to bring them back into growth, ready for putting back outside in May. Alternatively, just buy new ones next year!

Are you certain you have geraniums and not pelagoniums in your baskets? Pelagoniums can be composted when they're finished.

Muddywellies, I'm assuming Dwarf is, indeed, talking about bedding Geranium, i.e., Pelargonium, as he's got them in baskets. If I'm wrong, Dwarf, ignore what I said above!

thank you both as you will know iam inexperienced at gardenning so all the help is mutch apreceated thank you .bye the way he is a she ,but thats ok you wernt to know x. thatk you will take your advise. DWARF

the busy lizzies may survive as a housplant and then you can take cuttings in the spring. You geraniums/pelargoniums can aslo be brought in as houseplant. trim them down a bit and the will re sprout too.