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Author Topic: Rivera corymbosa VS winter  (Read 6272 times)

Radium

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Rivera corymbosa VS winter
« on: November 15, 2015, 06:40:39 AM »
It is getting cold here, and soon the subzero frost will be our guest, but it won't get colder than -2 centigrades here.


Being a perennial vine, can it withstand the said winter?
If it was a shrub I could just cover it with nylon or move the pot, but since it's a vine it is wrapped around the balcony fence and thus moving it or covering it is impossible.


It has grown very well in its first year and developed a narrow but woody stem, and it will be sad to sit and watch it to die.
Any thoughts on how to give it a hand at surviving the lady frost?
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Re: Rivera corymbosa VS winter
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2015, 06:52:46 AM »
I would cut it back and move it inside. The majority of the vine will die off after the first hard frost and the roots might die as well since it is in a pot.


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Re: Rivera corymbosa VS winter
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2015, 02:07:34 PM »
It didn't flower this year (its first year) at all.
Will cutting it and bringing it inside cause it to not flower the next year as well?
I mean for vines like HBWR and R.corymbosa, what regulates flowering? age or size?




SECOND QUESTION:
How much light does it need inside? full sunlight from behind a window? or can it do well inside the room under room's light bulb?
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Re: Rivera corymbosa VS winter
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2015, 06:24:37 PM »
Rivea steadfastly refuses to flower outside the tropics IME. HBWR will flower but won't set seed.
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