Re: bouganvillea on wall
- Subject: Re: bouganvillea on wall
- From: R* G*
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 20:26:28 -0800
An established bougainvillea will survive frost, but at 28 degrees (F) it
loses it's leaves and any colder the canes would probably be frozen back. I
would say absolute minimum is 25 degrees, after that, the crown would likely
be threatened.
Don Bowen wrote:
> How did the Bouganvillea fare with the recent cold snap? I am thinking of
> covering two fence corners with Bouganvillea. I have looked around for
> some indicator plants but have not seen much damage. We are at 1800' on a
> north slope in a small E-W valley about 35 mi inland in north county San
> Diego.
>
> Don Bowen donb@cts.com
> Valley Center, CA
>
> Senior Software Engineer
> Full Sail Software Development, Inc.
>
> http://members.cts.com/crash/d/donb
