Re: Bouganvilla
- Subject: Re: Bouganvilla
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 13:33:00 EDT
In a message dated 10/18/02 10:02:27 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Cersgarden@aol.com writes:
> all their leaves. I go thru an extensive period of climatizing the plants
> and no matter what I do the leaves fall. I have exhgd experiences with
> others in this area that have the same problem. I have a 6' tree form and a
>
> varigated bush type.
I have one variegated Bouganvilla, 'Blueberry Ice", as I remember. The first
year that I put it outdoors it grew around ten feet and did as you describe,
defoliate in the glass room.
Then I pruned it back to a size I could manage and never put it out doors
again hence no more defoliation. The readaptation from high light to a lower
light level defoliates a bunch of plants so I try to ID those and keep them
indoors. Some get wind damaged or insect damaged so are left in place,
indoors, all summer. You need to keep open windows and provide ventilation
but it works. Just now my severely controlled Bouganvilla has sent a sneaky
long runner under some other plants and emerged in a skylight so it is still
putting on growth in October. It will be cut down today, that runner or the
room will be entirely Bouganvilla. I enjoyed your assessment of your
glassroom, it is constant watching and adjusting to get each plant into the
right location for winter buth then there is little to do in winter here so
the garden room is a pleasure.
Our's also opens by way of glass doors to the house so is kept looking good
as you glance into the room. Something blooms there all of the cold months
so it is nice to visit in the morning. We have a bunch of dwarf or species
pelargoniums that bloom all year around. They are kept dry, under the house
eaves, all summer and bloom all winter. I love that part of the house on
grey winter days. I should add the light is boosted here in this grey part of
the country with halogen lights aimed at certain groups of plants.
The problem of every expanding favorite needs to be addressed at some time.
You either take some cutting and start new ones or try the root pruning/top
pruning method to reduce their size. Some ferns cannot be reduced in size so
they are given away in favor of newer smaller ones. Take heart, if reducing
ever growing huge plants is a problem, you are are skilled with this
outdoor-indoor process which has now produced a new problem for you. Should
be satisfying to know you are much ahead of those that do not get past the 5
inch pot stage.
Claire Peplowsk
NYS z4
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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