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Expert: - 7/16/2007


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Recently I visited San Diego and saw a very beautiful Bogenvia.  I live in southern Ontario Canada and was wondering if this plant/vine would grow in my garden?

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Daniel,
This is probably one of those plants you should enjoy when on vacation in Southern California.  They are not hardy where you and I live, and when grown as an annual in a hanging basket or pot, they have a very short blooming time and are prone to whitefly and other insects when over-wintered indoors.  Sigh.
I guess this plant and others give us a good reason to travel to California now and again.

all the best,
C.L. Fornari

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Annuals suggested for specific situations (sun, shade, windowboxes etc) New or unusual annuals are a particular interest of mine, and I grow many of these from seed. I am happy to help problem solve, answer questions about maintenance, and guide you to sources of unusual plants.

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I am a garden writer/speaker/consultant and host of a weekly gardening radio program in the Northeast. I have been gardening all my life for my own pleasure, and started as a professional gardener and garden communicator 15 years ago. I work part-time at a garden center, selling and tending shrubs/trees/annuals/perennials...and doing some propagation and design work. I often think that all these professional activities serve to put a somewhat legitimate framework around a serious case of plant-lust.

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