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I have given a small Bougainvillea plant to a friend, its about 8" tall, in
a pot, and it was outside all summer, she has taken it indoors, but thinks its going to be happier outside, I am almost, In fact I am sure that it should be indoors for winter, but need your expert advice before I go and read her the riot act! We are in Formby, North West, between Southport and Liverpool, but don't get fierce costal winds, as protected by sand dunes. We actually have our own Mini Climate here, snow 8/10 miles away, and not a sign here, Ian McCaskel (weatherman) once said that Formby had the ideal climate in the UK! |
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In message , Sheila
writes I have given a small Bougainvillea plant to a friend, its about 8" tall, in a pot, and it was outside all summer, she has taken it indoors, but thinks its going to be happier outside, I am almost, In fact I am sure that it should be indoors for winter, but need your expert advice before I go and read her the riot act! We are in Formby, North West, between Southport and Liverpool, but don't get fierce costal winds, as protected by sand dunes. We actually have our own Mini Climate here, snow 8/10 miles away, and not a sign here, Ian McCaskel (weatherman) once said that Formby had the ideal climate in the UK! For what it's worth, I have seen bougainvillaea growing happily and in great profusion in many places where there is frost.... e.g. on the lower slopes of Mount Kenya but my feeling is that while it may be able to take a couple of degrees - say down to -3C - I doubt if it could withstand regular and prolonged exposure. Otherwise it would probably be much more widely grown in the UK than is currently the case. Living in Dorset I have to say that I don't recall seeing any growing in this relatively mild county. If it's in a pot and it's as small as you say, there should be no difficulty in whipping it indoors or keeping in a cool greenhouse should Mr. MacCaskel or colleagues forecast strong east winds with associated blizzards. I suspect some of the best advice on this topic may come from Sacha. Good luck to the plant! -- Tom W. Deepest Dorset |
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Sacha wrote: You're very flattering, Tom but I can think of several people who will know much more about this than me - to name only three, Charlie, Nick and David Poole. In terms of Southport, I've only ever gardened in the tropics of Jersey and Devon! Well, so are you, but I don't know much about this! It's certainly capable of taking light frost, but I can't say more than that. There's no need to worry yet, at least in most parts of the UK, but it's getting closer to the time I will bring my Strelitzia, Tibouchina etc. in. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 24/10/08 18:45, in article ,
" wrote: In article , Sacha wrote: You're very flattering, Tom but I can think of several people who will know much more about this than me - to name only three, Charlie, Nick and David Poole. In terms of Southport, I've only ever gardened in the tropics of Jersey and Devon! Well, so are you, but I don't know much about this! It's certainly capable of taking light frost, but I can't say more than that. There's no need to worry yet, at least in most parts of the UK, but it's getting closer to the time I will bring my Strelitzia, Tibouchina etc. in. Ray's caved in and decided NOT to experiment over winter with a mature Lonicera hildebrandiana outside. It's such a love rampageous, mature plant, that I'm very glad he's cut it back and brought it in. I do think it's asking a lot of an 8" Bougainvillea to take winter outdoors. Light and fleeting frost might not harm a woody, mature plant in the lee of a south facing house wall - I really don't know. But the worst enemy would be wet, cold roots all winter I should think. And for an 8" one - oh dear! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online) |
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says... On 24/10/08 18:45, in article , " wrote: In article , Sacha wrote: You're very flattering, Tom but I can think of several people who will know much more about this than me - to name only three, Charlie, Nick and David Poole. In terms of Southport, I've only ever gardened in the tropics of Jersey and Devon! Well, so are you, but I don't know much about this! It's certainly capable of taking light frost, but I can't say more than that. There's no need to worry yet, at least in most parts of the UK, but it's getting closer to the time I will bring my Strelitzia, Tibouchina etc. in. Ray's caved in and decided NOT to experiment over winter with a mature Lonicera hildebrandiana outside. It's such a love rampageous, mature plant, that I'm very glad he's cut it back and brought it in. I do think it's asking a lot of an 8" Bougainvillea to take winter outdoors. Light and fleeting frost might not harm a woody, mature plant in the lee of a south facing house wall - I really don't know. But the worst enemy would be wet, cold roots all winter I should think. And for an 8" one - oh dear! Bougainvillea with a trunk thickness of over 1" diametre against a south facing wall in the very favourable coastal south of the country will survive depending on variety (there are 3 species that are crossed to produce the modern hybrids and it depends on the ratio of parentage) But surviving and doing well are two different things. -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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Bougainvillea spectabilis is probably the toughest and conveniently is
the most commonly available. That said, it will not survive out of doors anywhere north of the southern-most counties and even then only in the warmest, most favourable spots where air-frosts are infrequent and very light. So Formby or anywhere near it is far less than ideal. For a Bougainvillea to survive, the colder the night, the warmer the corresponding day temperature has to be. If fairly dry at the roots, Bougainvillea can survive a couple of degrees below zero for just a few hours provided there's a compensatory rise between 8 -15C during the day. However, it will suffer badly if there are frequent exposures to sub- zero temps or if several take place within a short time. Even in relatively frost-free regions, there are problems since cool temperatures combined with moisture at the root and high humidity can lead to root rot and boytritus, which will attack and kill buds on the stems. B. spectabilis needs to be planted close to a warm, sunny wall where there is 'rain shadow' to prevent the roots becoming saturated in winter. The hybrids with pink, orange, red or white bracts tend to be less cool tolerant and are best kept 'ticking over' with a little root moisture, full light and temps above 3C. by night rising to 10C or more by day. |
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