i have just returned from Spain from my hols for the first time lol sure everyone else has allready been there .
anyhow when i was there i fell in love with the bougainvillea tree (red crimson one)
question is does anyone know where i can get one of these trees tried the internet and the usual supplier's but cant find any where was wondering if any of you guys had any ? or a cutting going begging would be good and greatly appreciated
most garden centres will have it, probably in the houseplant section. I had a nice coloured one in the conservatory for several years
You may like to try here:
http://www.davids-exoticplants.co.uk/Bougainvilleas1.htm
I had one at one time but you have to treat them as a houseplant in this country and mine was in a medium sized pot and trained around a circular piece of strong wire. I got rid of it when it got a bit too big, but I did think it was lovely.
thanks for the link Monika thought would be to much to ask for it to grow her maybe we should start a company exporting weeds as we have enough to suply the world in this country sure they would addapt well to other climates .
well im still looking for a tree for the front garden like the bouganvillia but if it doesnt grow outside
Put this request in the SWOP SHOP SECTION , you may have more luck.
If you have a sheltered south facing corner - they grow outside all the year round here in Minehead!
Not as big as the Mediterranean ones but certainly thriving!
Worth a try!
I was given one by my boss, who had been given it by a relative! I have it in the garden during the summer and unheated greenhouse during the winter - I am toying with the idea of leaving it outside all year and see what happens.
Old Bird
;D
I have trialed one outside in the ground for a couple of years now. It has not died but apart from the first flush it has not been spectaular. The one in the conservatory does well. Even better if I neclect it. I think we are just too wet for them, as speaking to a spanish gardener when I was on holiday, he said if they had too much rain the plants would not show so well.
The colours are bracts, the flowers are so small you would miss them.
Ahh, my all-time fave 8) but unfortunately, as you've gathered from above, it's a hot- country plant :'( My screensaver for a few year now is that of booglie grown in tubs in Singapore....all dead twigs (cos even 'weeds' need water & air to live? and these were deprived of both in Nov.when I visited.....come March, for Mothers Day, they sent me pics of the flourishing plants 8)) I used to grow them in Italy too....
If I could give them the conditions they needed, I'd forego all others.....sadly, tho, I ain't got the conditions & they remain a memory-of-times-passed :-\
The one plant I'd love to grow(I fell in love with it in Greece) without moving it in and out all year. Ironically the major nursery for this plant is only a few miles down the road.
http://www.westdalenurseries.co.uk/
I have one in a pot outdoors all year, had it about 4 years now.
Year 1 it flourished (mind you, I bought it that way)
Year 2 it was magnificent in the heatwave,
Year 3 it got the shock of its life when we had that torrential 'summer', didn't flower, lost quite a bit of foliage, looked unwell (!)
This year it seems to be adapting (or maybe just resigned itself) to its circumstances, has recovered its foliage well, hasn't flowered (but that would've been asking for miracles!) and so long as I keep it sheltered and relatively dry I have high hopes for little Boogie.
I really believe many plants are smart enough - and willing - to adapt, with a bit of help.