Frozen Bougainvillea

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sasha10 Valsolda, Italy(Zone 9b) Mar 07, 2015

Hi,

I have just unwrapped my bougainvillea after this winter. Only once did temperatures drop down to 32F, however my bougainvillea looks completely dead. It has no signs of life whatsoever. I had wrapped it up and put christmas lights inside. It seems strange to me that it would die, as just next door i have a dipladenia, which I never protect in winter, and it looks absolutely fine... All branches on the bougainvillea look shrivelled up and all the buds dead... Do you think there might be a chance that it will come back?

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Diana_K Contra Costa County, CA(Zone 9b) Mar 07, 2015

You can try scraping a thin layer of the bark and see if there is green under it. If it is green, it may come back.
An established plant may come back from the roots, but it looks like this is just a young one, without a lot of reserves in the roots. I would give it a bit more time, let the weather warm a bit more.

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sasha10 Valsolda, Italy(Zone 9b) Mar 07, 2015

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I scraped the bark in a couple of places and it is green underneath. Will keep my fingers crossed. Temperatures should reach early 70s next week.

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