Re: Fig tree and bougainvillea...

K1MIZE@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Bougainvilleas do best in full sun.  In my experience, if plants are in
> part-shade and part-sun, the parts in the sun will flower well and the shaded
> parts won't.  The most spectacular bougainvilleas I've seen have been in the
> desert areas of California and Chile.  There may also be some truth to the
> idea that they perform better with a dry-winter, wet summer regimen.  That
> might be difficult to provide out-of-doors in England.

Kurt
The splendid bougainvilleas which grow on the Kenya coast in nearly pure
sand seem to suggest a preference for a light free-draining soil. Unlike
most tropical coasts, the East African one has a long dry season and as
this fairly closely corresponds to its cool or "winter" period it bears
out your contention that a winter dry/summer wet situation is
particularly to their liking.

On the other hand the do pretty well in many parts of NZ with a mainly
winter-rainfall regime, provided they get plenty of sinshine and can be
protected from  all but the very lightest frosts.

Moira
-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
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