Is the climate of Brisbane more similar to Singapore or to New Orleans?

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by youlourou

I was surprised to see bougainvillea there given the climate more akin to Fairbanks than Brisbane.

[Joe90]

It wasn't until I joined this forum, that I realized Bougainvilleas were so frost tender. I'd thought of them as tough plants, happy to grow anywhere.

Sometimes I will come across a Bougainvillea or privet, windmill palms, rhodos/camellias and some of those old school giant orange trees growing in the middle of nowhere - the only evidence of an old homestead from the Victorian era. The family farm, outlived by the garden.

[L.A.-Mex]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

I was surprised to see bougainvillea there given the climate more akin to Fairbanks than Brisbane.

bougainvillea grow wildly here on freeways and fences between homes, very nice species of flowering plant IMO

[nei]

Originally Posted by Ed's Mountain

Brisbane's average low in January is 21.4C, that is not far below a tropical climate.

I agree the summers fit a tropical climate, though maybe the cold side. The winters don't. Average lows of 50°C and highs of 22°C in the warmest month isn't tropical.

[L.A.-Mex]

Originally Posted by nei

I agree the summers fit a tropical climate, though maybe the cold side. The winters don't. Average lows of 50°C and highs of 22°C in the warmest month isn't tropical.

you mean 50 F???

[tigerbalm1985]

I am assuming that this means Brisbane, Australia, not Brisbane, California.

I have lived in both Brisbane, Australia and Singapore.

here's my take:

Brisbane in summer: it can actually be hotter than Singapore, but less humidity, and thus less sweating, which is weird for me, cause I equate tropical climates with sweating. Whereas in Singapore, even as a local, I can sweat buckets.

Brisbane in winter is colder, but without any snow.

Singapore is warm and humid all year round, with more thunderstorms and rain in one year than Brisbane would ever see in a century.....

[J4y003]

In Nola I’ve seen fruiting papaya, mango, star fruit, and guava. With palms I’ve seen date, butia, queen, triangle, majesty, bismarck, bottle, royal, foxtail, and washingtonia. To my knowledge coconuts would not be long term in Nola. Maybe in the french quarter or downtown they’d have a few years. The royal, foxtail, and bottle palms I’ve heard have to be protected in severe winters. In the french quarter and lake side neighborhoods I’ve seen pretty tall Norfolk pines. Downtown and in suburbs I’ve seen flowering white and orange birds of paradise. My aunt and uncle who live there have bromeliads growing in a live oak tree. They get damaged some winters, but seem to make it. Other plants I’ve seen in Nola are philodendrons, ficus, jacaranda, heliconia, ginger, oleander, plumeria, peace lilies, tropical hibiscus, elephant ears, aloe, bougainvillea, and lantana. This winter the majority of Nola hit the low 20s, but I believe most of the plants made it, even the fruit trees. Although, I heard the papaya trees didn’t make it.