The cylinder cleaner - regardless of whether it is grown as a tree or a shrub - is considered to have little frost resistance. His warm country of origin, Australia, is probably responsible for this. To get this plant through the winter, you should overwinter it!
How can you properly overwinter the cylinder cleaner?
In order to overwinter the cylinder cleaner successfully, you should move the plant to a bright, cool place (5-8 °C) at temperatures below 10 °C, ventilate regularly, check pests and pay attention to lack of water. Overwintering outdoors is not recommended.
Is overwintering outdoors possible?
Ideally, the cylinder cleaner should not be overwintered outdoors. You could only give it a try in mild locations such as wine-growing regions. But when temperatures drop below -5 °C, the fun is over!
Overwinter in a bright and cool place
This evergreen plant should be overwintered in a cool place of 5 to 8 °C:
- do not fertilize
- ventilate regularly
- check for pests
- dried leaves are a sign of water shortage
- repot after overwintering
- Slowly increase the amount of watering and get used to sunlight
Tip
When the outside temperature drops below 10 °C, you should bring in your cylinder cleaner.
