Pixie Bougainvillea - In Bloom

[AlainK]

Dunno, down here in North Africa they seem to do just fine. They should be used more in the med countries imo, seems like they are treated more as a novelty tree.

Here, zone 8, temps can go down to 10°C (this morning, I had to scrape the windscreen, it was -3) so without a greenhouse, it's a complete no-no. But Starfox, where you live, you should try it. Here is a photo taken I portugal, in a small town south of Lisboa, in late October 2016. They can survive outside, which, for me, is what (local) bonsai should be able to do :

 

[Carol 83]

I generally hate bougainvillea

 

[SockUnicorn]

 

[Lazylightningny]

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Nice. You did another reduction?

 

[SockUnicorn]

Nice. You did another reduction?

Basically just reducing branches at the right time of winter flowering so that it got a bit denser. It's pretty much all flowers which is wild.

 

[SockUnicorn]

 

[Carol 83]

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Pretty. A couple of mine are wanting to bloom. Hopefully I can leave them outside long enough to see it.

 

[SockUnicorn]

 

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[Arlithrien]

Here, zone 8, temps can go down to 10°C (this morning, I had to scrape the windscreen, it was -3) so without a greenhouse, it's a complete no-no.

Would they be able to survive inside over winter?

 

[leatherback]

Would they be able to survive inside over winter?

Yup. Mine stay in the livingroom for winter.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Would they be able to survive inside over winter?

Yes, in Tampa your winter is quite short. No problem at all. You probably do not need to worry much about light intensity, any window will do fine. The further north one is, the more important it is to provide the equivalent of half sun or brighter.

 

[SockUnicorn]

Would they be able to survive inside over winter?

They are definitely tolerant. Obviously any indoor time is worse than outdoor but they do survive it very well.