SU2
Omono
Over the past week we've had some really cold (relatively!) days/nights, some with higher wind levels and a good handful of my trees (almost all bougainvilleas) aren't liking it, some have even had drooping past-horizontal (*not* due to being thirsty!)
I have a lot of yamadoris and a lot of rooted-hardwoods, none are >1yr old and most are 8mo or less, they've had very vigorous growth but that slowed when the days shortened and has since mostly halted. I know bougainvilleas like a warmer climate than my 9a/9b and am aware they can't take frost (am boxing-up the two specimen I'd had in stationary boxes, so they can be moved if/when necessary) but am hoping for advice on what can help, for instance I'm pretty sure it's a good idea for me to block the east-side of my backyard with a trellis (just put 4x4's in a row, then nail 3' tall trellising in starting at 3' up, so it buffers at the height of the trees' canopies), have thought of getting a dark mulch (both for the insulation mulch provides, and the light that darker colors will bring)
I'm also thinking that it's probably better to keep the substrate on the drier side (relative to spring/summer) through the cooler months but unsure, any information/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! After a couple times of walking out to my nursery in the AM only to find inexplicably-drooping shoots I'm kind of worried that, as it gets colder, some of my trees may not survive...hopefully it's just the quickness with which this cold came, it was mid-80's a week+ ago and just dropped fast, these plants haven't experienced that (well, their new canopies haven't, they were all collected this year and almost-exclusively by significant trunk-chopping)
I have a lot of yamadoris and a lot of rooted-hardwoods, none are >1yr old and most are 8mo or less, they've had very vigorous growth but that slowed when the days shortened and has since mostly halted. I know bougainvilleas like a warmer climate than my 9a/9b and am aware they can't take frost (am boxing-up the two specimen I'd had in stationary boxes, so they can be moved if/when necessary) but am hoping for advice on what can help, for instance I'm pretty sure it's a good idea for me to block the east-side of my backyard with a trellis (just put 4x4's in a row, then nail 3' tall trellising in starting at 3' up, so it buffers at the height of the trees' canopies), have thought of getting a dark mulch (both for the insulation mulch provides, and the light that darker colors will bring)
I'm also thinking that it's probably better to keep the substrate on the drier side (relative to spring/summer) through the cooler months but unsure, any information/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! After a couple times of walking out to my nursery in the AM only to find inexplicably-drooping shoots I'm kind of worried that, as it gets colder, some of my trees may not survive...hopefully it's just the quickness with which this cold came, it was mid-80's a week+ ago and just dropped fast, these plants haven't experienced that (well, their new canopies haven't, they were all collected this year and almost-exclusively by significant trunk-chopping)
