How To Plant Bougainvillea To Grow Successfully
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Genie on Jan 12, 2019
PS, if your bougie gets hit by frost, do not cut it back until you are sure that no more frost is likely. Trim back in sections until you see green inside the stems; that part is still living, and will recover. No more bougies for me; their flowering bracts, which are what people regard as the flowers, fall off, and will blow around your garden in masses! If you have a pool, forget it! And there is another variety that doesn't discard its' blossoms, but they stay on the plant in big ugly clumps, needing major pruning (and wear LONG gloves)!
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Joy Us garden on Jan 14, 2019
True. I like them because they give me at least 8 months of color. Mine got hit by 2 cold nights last Dec. Will be pruning at the end of Feb. Nell
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Annie on Jan 13, 2019
Hi Gold Coast Australia you say they like deep watering I have one in a pot I water every other day and yes a lot of green not too many flowers should I let the plant dry out before watering thanks
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Joy Us garden on Jan 14, 2019
Yes, better to water deeply than too frequently. It's 1 cause of light or no blooms. Nell
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I have a long established bougainvillea planted in the ground that is tiny. I think it may be a dwarf strain?? It blooms constantly (SE FL) but stays the same small size for the most part. What should I do differently? Best fertilizer?
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I have a bougainvillea indoors. I have had it for quite a few years with very little flowers. I live in Maine so no chance to plant outdoors but I love them. Any advice?
Hi Joy, great information thank you. I have contacted several garden departments and no one seems to know my how to help. I have two nice bougies in my backyard one is red the other white, they are planted about 12-14 feet apart, both are against the back fence, we get hot weather 100 to 105% in the summer plenty of sun and light to both plants they get fed and watered the same, the first year they both bloomed, did well but this year the white bogie didn't bloom at all and the red flourished, Why has the white one stopped, it has beautiful green color, not droopy no bugs. What could be wrong?