Re: Bougainvillea indeterminate?

In the old days, we had only bougainvilleas that rambled upwards and outwards to their hearts' content.
 
Nowadays we have shrubby, only-slightly-sprawling types, compact mounding types and even stiff upright types that reach only so high.
I suspect that "indeterminate" refers to the older habit of infinite growth, much as the word would imply or denote.  I'm sure it has no horticultural meaning beyond that and it certainly isn't a parallel to the way we use it for tomatoes.
 
Joe

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--- On Sat, 8/21/10, Nan Sterman <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com> wrote:

From: Nan Sterman <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com>
Subject: Bougainvillea indeterminate?
To: "medit plants forum" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 8:39 PM

I had a conversation with a nurseryman today and he used the term 'indeterminate" to describe the size of a bougainvillea.  I've only heard that used for tomato plants, never for anything else.  Is that a use of the term that others are familiar with?

I was asking about 'California Gold' and 'Orange King.'   Do they have definite sizes?  

Nan


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