I'm putting a trellis on top of an existing fence and along part of a wall and I want something that doesn't turn into twigs in the winter but is still well covered.

Is bougainvillea evergreen and is it quite vigourous?

Many thanks for helping a newbie

In article m,
AndreaL writes:
| I'm putting a trellis on top of an existing fence and along part of a
| wall and I want something that doesn't turn into twigs in the winter
| but is still well covered.
|
| Is bougainvillea evergreen and is it quite vigourous?

Yes, and yes, very. Is it hardy? No, not at all.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

in article , Nick Maclaren at
wrote on 15/10/03 8:43 am:


In article m,
AndreaL writes:
| I'm putting a trellis on top of an existing fence and along part of a
| wall and I want something that doesn't turn into twigs in the winter
| but is still well covered.
|
| Is bougainvillea evergreen and is it quite vigourous?

Yes, and yes, very. Is it hardy? No, not at all.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I've only just seen this post. Would the famous Holboellia fit the OP's
requirements, Nick?
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"AndreaL" wrote in message
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I'm putting a trellis on top of an existing fence and along part of a
wall and I want something that doesn't turn into twigs in the winter
but is still well covered.

Is bougainvillea evergreen and is it quite vigourous?

Many thanks for helping a newbie

Bougainvillea is evergreen
But it is not hardy at all. In fact, it does not like it below about 40 deg
F, which is still well above freezing point.

Franz

In article ,
Sacha writes:
| in article , Nick Maclaren at
| wrote on 15/10/03 8:43 am:
| In article m,
| AndreaL writes:
| | I'm putting a trellis on top of an existing fence and along part of a
| | wall and I want something that doesn't turn into twigs in the winter
| | but is still well covered.
| |
| | Is bougainvillea evergreen and is it quite vigourous?
|
| Yes, and yes, very. Is it hardy? No, not at all.
|
| I've only just seen this post. Would the famous Holboellia fit the OP's
| requirements, Nick?

Dunno. Mine was quite happy with last winter, which was mild and
dropped to only -8 Celcius. But I haven't got any flowers yet,
as they have always been frosted. It is quite likely that it is
another plant that is leaf hardy over a much larger range than it
is flower hardy!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

in article , Nick Maclaren at
wrote on 15/10/03 9:24 am:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
| in article , Nick Maclaren at
| wrote on 15/10/03 8:43 am:
| In article m,
| AndreaL writes:
| | I'm putting a trellis on top of an existing fence and along part of a
| | wall and I want something that doesn't turn into twigs in the winter
| | but is still well covered.
| |
| | Is bougainvillea evergreen and is it quite vigourous?
|
| Yes, and yes, very. Is it hardy? No, not at all.
|
| I've only just seen this post. Would the famous Holboellia fit the OP's
| requirements, Nick?

Dunno. Mine was quite happy with last winter, which was mild and
dropped to only -8 Celcius. But I haven't got any flowers yet,
as they have always been frosted. It is quite likely that it is
another plant that is leaf hardy over a much larger range than it
is flower hardy!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

We got down to -7 last year and still had flowers this year, though possibly
not as many as in previous years.
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In article ,
Sacha writes:
| |
| | I've only just seen this post. Would the famous Holboellia fit the OP's
| | requirements, Nick?
|
| Dunno. Mine was quite happy with last winter, which was mild and
| dropped to only -8 Celcius. But I haven't got any flowers yet,
| as they have always been frosted. It is quite likely that it is
| another plant that is leaf hardy over a much larger range than it
| is flower hardy!
|
| We got down to -7 last year and still had flowers this year, though possibly
| not as many as in previous years.

It wasn't the -8 that caused the trouble, but the late frosts of
-1 to -3 that did. One of them also took out all the flower buds
on my wisteria.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

in article , Nick Maclaren at
wrote on 15/10/03 10:23 am:


In article ,
Sacha writes:
snip | We got down to -7 last year and still had flowers this year,
though
possibly
| not as many as in previous years.

It wasn't the -8 that caused the trouble, but the late frosts of
-1 to -3 that did. One of them also took out all the flower buds
on my wisteria.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Ah. Happily, we seemed to escape those.
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

In article ,
Sacha writes:
| |
| | I've only just seen this post. Would the famous Holboellia fit
the OP's
| | requirements, Nick?
|
| Dunno. Mine was quite happy with last winter, which was mild and
| dropped to only -8 Celcius. But I haven't got any flowers yet,
| as they have always been frosted. It is quite likely that it is
| another plant that is leaf hardy over a much larger range than it
| is flower hardy!
|
| We got down to -7 last year and still had flowers this year, though
possibly
| not as many as in previous years.

It wasn't the -8 that caused the trouble, but the late frosts of
-1 to -3 that did. One of them also took out all the flower buds
on my wisteria.

The local experience in Wensleydale is also that it is not the hard frost
during the dormant season which does most harm, but the lighter, later
frosts which puts paid to new growth.

Franz

In article ,
"Franz Heymann" writes:
|
| It wasn't the -8 that caused the trouble, but the late frosts of
| -1 to -3 that did. One of them also took out all the flower buds
| on my wisteria.
|
| The local experience in Wensleydale is also that it is not the hard frost
| during the dormant season which does most harm, but the lighter, later
| frosts which puts paid to new growth.

Yes. The worst frost I have seen in Cambridge was following a long
warm spell in February. It wasn't all that bitter, but there was
a week of continual freezing winds. I lost a pyracantha and a
Lonicera periclymenum!

Relatively few things died in the coldest spells, even though the
ground froze 4" inches down, when they were in the depths of winter.

I reckon to lose the wisteria flowers one year in two, even now,
with the warm winters we have been seeing. And it is always the
late frosts that do it, never the early ones.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.