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Old 05-05-2007, 01:28 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Bougainvillea on the South Coast

Last year we built a veranda over the patio. This went right across the back
of the house to the boundary. Our neighbour has very kindly continued the
overhead to his building so we now have a South facing very warm very sunny
area which we wish to plant a Bougainvillea in and train over the back of
the house and onto the front of the veranda, in a manner somewhat similar to
the Chalets in the Sandals Complex I saw a short while ago when I was in St
Lucia.

Question. With a maximum frost of about 2 degrees, if the roots are well
under the veranda, would what we wish to do be possible?

We are not far from Ventnor Botanical Gardens here on the Isle of Wight,
about 5 miles, who have all sorts of exotic plants out doors

Many thanks in anticipation.

Mike


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