By Pam24
London,
United Kingdom 
I have been given a Gerbera plant, for indoors I suppose, am I right in thinking it won't survive outside or get through the winter. Trouble is I'm not really a houseplant fan but it is so healthy and I'm loath to throw it away once it has finished flowering! Any ideas?
3 Sep, 2011
Answers
Ok thanks, I'll put it outside and see what happens!
3 Sep, 2011
Plant it in the ground though, don't leave it in a small pot.
Or if you don't really want it why not give it to a fundraising event?
3 Sep, 2011
Did the Gerbera make a come back? :)
7 Jun, 2012
No sadly not. I don't think it liked the wet conditions. I did try to grow some others aswell, from small plug plants but they seemed to fade away too. I have quite heavy soil, not their ideal situation! Never mind, can't have everything :)
8 Jun, 2012
I had some about 6 years ago that I grew in containers that I got 2 summers from, the last 3 winters have been extremely tough x
8 Jun, 2012
There are hardy perennial gerberas on sale these days and they'll be fine outside, don't pamper them by keeping them inside through the winter or they'll not harden up.
I have several hardy gerberas and they've come through the cold winters unscathed.
They sell carmine, pale pink, white and now some yellow ones too.
3 Sep, 2011