"Dave Thompson" wrote in message
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"Charles" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 23:26:07 GMT, "Anthona" wrote:

I have this hardy bogie that i bought in florida back in march and still
in
the same pot. I cannot replant it in my garden because of seasons here in
the nyc area. I noticed that while its in full bloom, it needs to be
watered
amost daily...possibly because the roots have no more room to grow in
that
pot? I was hopeing that i could get it into the vine state for the summer
on
my sunny patio and then cut it back in time for the late fall season, and
start it over again next spring. Has anyone here had experience with such
a
plant under similar conditions? If so, could u tell me how u handle the
situation to your satisfaction? Thank you



NOt sure exactly what you are trying to do, but I have had some in
pots since 1997. they never got to looking like vines. When watered
regurlarly they look a lot better.

Out here where they thrive, Phoenix, they do best when stressed. Meaning
they produce prodigious flowers when baked and ignored. Watering them
produces more green than flower, and you want the opposite. You can
literally get a vine 25 ft tall with nothing but color.
Well, in my case, I have to water it at least every other day so the
'flowers' look alive and it gets about 5-6 hours of sun. Watering it, does
not seem to make me get more green growth. Its almost 6 months since I
brought it home and other than flowering sporadically. . If it gets too
much water ( storm showers included), the flowers wither away. I still
think that confineing such a plant to a pot, even the original one,
curtails the green growth. I would love to get it to 'vine', but now with
fall approaching, does not seem a good idea. I plan on bringing it indoors
at the first sign of frost, and put it into my south sunny window exposure.
Maybe fertilizeing may help it to vine? Of course i'm referring to next
spring.