The big move.

What a cozy little house. Hope my greenhouse will do the trick but not holding my breath!

I try not to protect my plants too much. I leave the Pelargoniums outside from March until end of November, but even during the winter they will be out during the day if the weather is nice and mild (above 5c).
'Ginger Villas' has plenty of gaps in it for fresh air but should just about keep the worst of the weather off.
Last year, all the Pelargoniums in pots died right back to the roots and I thought I might have lost them. I dont like throwing anything away, so I kept the pots just in case.... and they all came back!

I only ever buy the red ones Gdad, got hooked on them while watching the Stella Artois advert! I buy 4 each for containers at bottom of the steps and a couple for the two hanging baskets. Thats my lot! But never had any survive the winter.

I hope there's enough protection in that little house for your pelargoniums.
You have a Clematis cirrhosa :o) It seems to be doing well. It's a favourite of mine.

The Pelargoniums will be fine in the playhouse for the winter. They are are a lot hardier than people realise and with some acclimatisation and minimum protection, they can come through a winter. I have 3 species Pelargoniums growing away happily on my raised beds, none of which are generally mentioned as hardy enough to leave outside: P. sidoides, P. ionidifolium, and P. abrotanifolium.
Also bear in mind that I grow 4 species of South African Geranium as well: G.Harveyi, G.pulchrum, G.caffrum and the mysterious G.'schekterii' (whatever it turns out to be!).
In Hull last winter, we had temps of minus 15c and apart from some plants dying back to the rootstock like my agapanthus (which came back with no problems) I lost hardly anything. I try to be brave and not give up and get the plants out in the garden as early as possible and leave them out as late in the year as possible.

Interesting to see which plants you still have in flower.

We have had a dusting of snow overnight and this morning, and so far all is well. The Pelargoniums are looking fine. We will see what this coming weekend brings....

Wht an original idea for a playhouse ! I shall have to pass this on to other gardeners I know.

Let's hope they all survive.

Well thats a very good reason for keeping the childrens toys around even if they consider themselves too old to play with them, hope they stay snug in their winter quarters.....

Harrison and Christian (twins) still fit in it, just. It will be staying when it is too small for my younger children, just in case of grandchildren in a few years time.

Agree with you completely about the hardiness of pelargoniums - that's the perfect spot for them in there I'd have thought, keeps the wet off them and still with a bit of airflow. They will withstand up to ten degrees of frost, but its our winter wet that kills 'em.

I am often surprised at how hardy some plants actually are. Before I 'knew so much' i used to just try things and see, out of ignorance. Now I'm a lot more cautious just because i've read so much and it's made me more fearful of just having a go! Also, other local gardeners will look oddly when I say things like...oh yes, Hoheria Sextylosa has grown to about 6m tall and lasted through all the winters so far.(in my old garden btw...I haven't yet found one for here!)...they look at me as if they don't believe me! Good to know that you are still 'braving it' Geraniumdad!