I have a bougainvillea about 3 ft tall and it has been in a conservatory with limited heating. It has been flowering since I got it 6 months ago. But the leaves are constantly covered with tiny flecks about 1-2mm long, which I think are pollen. I have used a microscope and they are not insects.

Does anybody have any advice/tips as these droppings are covering the floor and the table the plant stands on. I was going to train it across the roof of the conservatory but won't if it's going to cause such a mess.

"Smallgarden" wrote in message
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I have a bougainvillea about 3 ft tall and it has been in a conservatory
with limited heating. It has been flowering since I got it 6 months
ago. But the leaves are constantly covered with tiny flecks about
1-2mm long, which I think are pollen. I have used a microscope and
they are not insects.

Does anybody have any advice/tips as these droppings are covering the
floor and the table the plant stands on. I was going to train it
across the roof of the conservatory but won't if it's going to cause
such a mess.


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Smallgarden

Not sure what they are, but they shouldn't be there as mine has no such
problems, I tend to keep it colder in winter(min -2c) and its only now
coming back into leaf, but I can't see why that would make a difference.
It is possible that its the fine fuzz you get on the stems etc when they are
growing, but compared with all the other plant mess in my conservatory its
hardly noticeable!

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)