Lemongrass-HELP!

LPBride2006

So I'm wanting to order some plants today and would like to get lemongrass.  From what I'm reading it needs to be inside in the winter?  Can it go in the ground, surive and come back next year? (Im in D.C. if that helps).

 Thank you ladies!

flame

Lemongrass is a perrenial, so it should come back.  But lemongrass is used to tropical warm temperatures. The reason they say to bring it indoors for winter is to make sure it doesn't freeze over winter and die.  If you live in a warm region, it might make it through the winter. But in DC, it's probably too cold to overwinter.  You could try to plant it in teh ground and tehn heavily mulch it and use protective covers over winter.

LPBride2006

flame:

Lemongrass is a perrenial, so it should come back.  But lemongrass is used to tropical warm temperatures. The reason they say to bring it indoors for winter is to make sure it doesn't freeze over winter and die.  If you live in a warm region, it might make it through the winter. But in DC, it's probably too cold to overwinter.  You could try to plant it in teh ground and tehn heavily mulch it and use protective covers over winter.

Thank you!!!