Hi all,

I recently treated myself to a beautiful Bougainvillea from Columbia Road
Flower Market (London). I know the plant likes to be kept warm and will
need over-wintering indoors (I haven't got a greenhouse). I was just
wondering if anyone has had experience of growing this plant outdoors
without any problems. My plant is in a very sunny (west-facing) position
and should be ok there for the summer.

Jo

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Jo wrote:

I recently treated myself to a beautiful Bougainvillea from Columbia Road
Flower Market (London). I know the plant likes to be kept warm and will
need over-wintering indoors (I haven't got a greenhouse). I was just
wondering if anyone has had experience of growing this plant outdoors
without any problems. My plant is in a very sunny (west-facing) position
and should be ok there for the summer.

I wish you luck, but they are quite tricky even under glass. Not
to keep alive, but to get flowering properly. No problem much
further south, but we are a long way north of their normal zone.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

"Jo" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I recently treated myself to a beautiful Bougainvillea from Columbia
Road
Flower Market (London). I know the plant likes to be kept warm and
will
need over-wintering indoors (I haven't got a greenhouse). I was just
wondering if anyone has had experience of growing this plant outdoors
without any problems. My plant is in a very sunny (west-facing)
position
and should be ok there for the summer.

Jo.,

I looked up your plant out of curiosity as I had not heard of it before
you mentioned it. This is a very good site and I think that it tells
you all that you need to know.

http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/gard...gainvillea.htm

Regards,
Emrys Davis.

"Jo" wrote
I recently treated myself to a beautiful Bougainvillea from Columbia Road
Flower Market (London). I know the plant likes to be kept warm and will
need over-wintering indoors (I haven't got a greenhouse). I was just
wondering if anyone has had experience of growing this plant outdoors
without any problems. My plant is in a very sunny (west-facing) position
and should be ok there for the summer.

Local friends of mine have a number of these of different colours and they
overwinter in an unheated but well insulated greenhouse and spend the summer
on their south facing suntrap of a patio. They always flower quite well.
--
Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London

On Thu, 19 May 2005 21:54:49 +0100, "Jo"
wrote:

I recently treated myself to a beautiful Bougainvillea from Columbia Road
Flower Market (London). I know the plant likes to be kept warm and will
need over-wintering indoors (I haven't got a greenhouse). I was just
wondering if anyone has had experience of growing this plant outdoors
without any problems. My plant is in a very sunny (west-facing) position
and should be ok there for the summer.

A friend has several in her conservatory but never puts them out.
My daughter lived in Barbados for a year. There are hedges of
bougainvillea there. There was one in her garden and each week the
garden boys came to cut the grass, and also trimmed the hedge, so we
never saw much flower! Such a shame!

Pam in Bristol

"Jo" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I recently treated myself to a beautiful Bougainvillea from Columbia Road
Flower Market (London). I know the plant likes to be kept warm and will
need over-wintering indoors (I haven't got a greenhouse). I was just
wondering if anyone has had experience of growing this plant outdoors
without any problems. My plant is in a very sunny (west-facing) position
and should be ok there for the summer.

Jo


You may be ok, but they are difficult to please, dry cold (not frosty)
winters are best so some form of overhead protection to keep both frost and
rain off in winter may work. I have seen only two plants flowering outside
one in Devon and one in Cornwall, both were thatched properties and the
Bougainvillea was planted facing south under the thatched overhang.
Good luck
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

I've had a bougainevillea for over ten years now. It is a deep mauve variety
one that seems to be most commonly available at garden centres etc. I
understand that this is the most hardy of the bougainevilleas and will
survive the winter if it is kept above 0deg.C.
We moved from Cheshire to Devon in 2000 and for the last 4 winters the plant
which is in a 2ft ceramic pot and too big to move has been out of doors. Th
position is south facing in a door entrance. On frosty nights-rare in Devon
I have covered the pot with bubble wrap.
The bougainvillea is deciduous in the UK and is now putting out new growth,
having survived east winds down to about 2 deg,C that burned off growth on a
nearby common jasmine.
A friend up the road has salmon and other coloured bougainevilleas and he
put me up to the idea that the deep mauve variety is hardier.
Having said all that London can be colder than either Cheshire or Devon in
the winter. I have toyed with the idea of shrouding a large plant with
bubble wrap during the winter and protecting it on cold nights by mounting
on a sand tray laced with low power soil heating cable. A dormant plant
should not pose any special problems.
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Hi all,

I recently treated myself to a beautiful Bougainvillea from Columbia Road
Flower Market (London). I know the plant likes to be kept warm and will
need over-wintering indoors (I haven't got a greenhouse). I was just
wondering if anyone has had experience of growing this plant outdoors
without any problems. My plant is in a very sunny (west-facing) position
and should be ok there for the summer.

Jo

"Jo" wrote in message
...
Hi all,

I recently treated myself to a beautiful Bougainvillea from Columbia Road
Flower Market (London). I know the plant likes to be kept warm and will
need over-wintering indoors (I haven't got a greenhouse). I was just
wondering if anyone has had experience of growing this plant outdoors
without any problems. My plant is in a very sunny (west-facing) position
and should be ok there for the summer.
Jo

I've just cone back from Greece where they were flowering their socks
off..........
Considering the difference in climate, I'd not even try to grow them in the UK
:~(
Jenny