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need advice bare-root perennial

Someone in our office was selling bulbs for his daugher's school. And someone ordered a perennial geranium from the list, which arrived bare root. What should she do now? She lives outside Boston (probably Zone 5B) and if  her area hasn't had a frost yet, it will soon. Should she try to grow it as a houseplant over winter? Plant outside and see if it comes up next spring?
 
I've had no experience with bare-root perennials in fall and wouldn't have ordered them myself, figuring that fall planting would be iffy. But I figure that someone on this list -- maybe everyone -- knows more than I on this topic and can help my co-worker.
 
Thanks so much,
Judy Lowe
http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening
 


      
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