Description
Vibrantly colored bracts of Bougainvillea brighten warm greenhouses and conservatory borders during the summer.
Bougainvillea plants need support to cover a wall, fence, or other area. Create rows of wire or string against the surface that you want covered. Tuck the bougainvillea branches behind these guidance supports at regular intervals.
Keep a close eye on growth and adjust as necessary until the bougainvillea starts covering the wall or other surface.Bougainvillea plants are a beloved addition to many gardens and walls Bougainvillea is a vine-like, thorny shrub that grows rampantly. It can be trained to climb trellises or be planted as an attractive but thornily impenetrable barrier, and it can also serve as a groundcover. Bougainvilleas have beautiful, brightly colored bracts, which are specialized leaves that contain the plant s flowe Dont expect your plants to flower indoo If possible, keep your plants outdoors and give it the maximum sun exposure. Any flowering you may receive indoors is a bonus.Plant Specifications
| Common Name | Bougainvillea are also known as buganvilla (Spain), bugambilia (Mexico), Napole, n (Honduras), veranera (Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama), trinitaria (Colombia, Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic & Venezuela), Santa Rita (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) or papelillo (northern Peru). |
| Maximum Reachable Height | They are thorny, woody vines growing anywhere from 1 to 12 m (3 to 40 ft.) tall |
| Flower Colour | Pink and white |
| Bloom Time | They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if there is a dry season. |
| Difficulty Level | Easy |
Planting and care
Wait for the first colorful bracts to form and fall in springOnce they fall, prune excess growth Fertilize.This will cause new bloom on the shorter flowering spursRepeat during the flowering season as needed.
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These tropical climbers are suitable for large containers placed in the garden during summer but must be kept frost-free in winter.
| Sunlight | For the best results put your plants in full sun. If you want good blooming give them at least 5 hours a day of full sunlight as a minimum. More hours of direct sun is better. Less than 5 hours and the plant may not bloom very well. Your plants will thrive in shade or partial shade, but only have nice growth with little or no blooms. |
| Watering | Make sure you don, t let the plants dry out between waterings. If you want to be successful. keep containers moist but also they need to be well drained. No sitting plants in standing water.If growing in pots, DO NOT USE SAUCERS under your pots. A healthy container grown plant will drink a lot of water during the warm times of the year. In cooler periods or when you bring your plants indoors for the winter, the water requirement will be much less. |
| Soil | They thrive in almost any soil as long as it is well-drained and fertile. Soils that work for other plants you grow will be fine. |
| Temperature | Bougainvilleas are hardy throughout the South but young growth will be damaged by frost. Optimum growing temperatures are warm days.A light frost will not kill the plant, but you can soon expect all the leaves and bracts to fall off. In this case, the plant will regrow if not subjected to more frosts for longer duration.Bougainvillea do best when night temperature dont drop below 60 F (16C) and daytime temperatures dont exceed 100F (38 C). |
| Fertilizer | Mature plants can be heavy feede Here is some quick fertilizer tips.High phosphorus with micronutrients, as well as additional iron and magnesiumSlow or timed release fertilizers are acceptable. Make sure you follow the fertilizer labelPlants grow best with small amounts of nutrients constantly availableDo not apply fertilizers to dry soil, Do not overfertilize, in this case less is better than more |
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Train the bougainvillea: Bougainvillea plants need support to cover a wall, fence, or other area. Create rows of wire or string against the surface that you want covered. Tuck the bougainvillea branches behind these guidance supports at regular intervals. Keep a close eye on growth and adjust as necessary until the bougainvillea starts covering the wall or other surface.
Bougainvillea Variegated uses
Ornamental Use:
- The plant is used for ornamental purpose