Coccoloba Uvifera Questions

[idontknowhatnametuse]

I recently got a pair of Coccoloba Uvifera and I have some questions; Are these plants easy to care? How fast do they grow and how much cold can they tolerate?

[Silas_Sancona]

8 minutes ago, idontknowhatnametuse said:

I recently got a pair of Coccoloba Uvifera and I have some questions; Are these plants easy to care? How fast do they grow and how much cold can they tolerate?

They can get pretty large... When i lived in Florida, helped maintain a Yacht Club that had several dozen Sea Grape specimens that were approx. 12-15ft in height ( Look great when trimmed up a bit as well ) . Have seen others that were another 10-12ft in height in other areas where i lived / visited while living there..

They can survive a petty good amount of cold, though they can drop a majority of ..or all their leaves somewhere just below 32F / 0C.  Have heard they can return from the roots if whacked by lower temps. though. 

Look best w/ regular water ( ..and will grow at a pretty good clip ) but can take some dryness too. 

If you can find it, the sister species from southern Sonora, Coccoloba goldmanii  is another great " Sea Grape " species to try.. That one takes drought and some cold.  Is grown in Tucson, AZ, and at Boyce Thompson Arboretum ..A botanical garden in another part of AZ where winters can be cool at times. Both areas can get a dusting of snow once or twice in the winter some years.

[Merlyn]

I have several clumps here in the Orlando area in the back yard and East side yard.  They'd burn off the top 50% of the leaves at about 28-29F, but regrow reasonably well by late spring.  This last winter I hit 24.4F in the backyard and about 27.5F in the side yard.  Both areas had frost and burned completely to the ground, and all the trunks died.  They all did regrow from the roots, but are only about 3' tall now...almost 7 months after the freeze.  They seemed okay above 30F, as long as it wasn't a heavy frost.

[kinzyjr]

Easy to care for here, but they are native to the east coast of the state.  Mine haven't gotten burned down to the roots; just some leaf drop after an advective freeze down to 28F.  Mine are naturalizing in the yard.

[idontknowhatnametuse]

Just finished planting my seagrapes

[John Max]

[Coccoloba uvifera & mediterranean] I believe that it could spread easily if it were transferred to the Mediterranean coast the coast could also be a shelter for animals, and I believe it would add an exotic atmosphere to the Mediterranean coast. One of the plants I am familiar with and the wonderful shrub that I am used to seeing on the shores of the beach in some movies. I think plants that can fend for themselves in wild or forest life have a higher success rate in adaptation. They have learned to resist negativity