How to cultivate bougainvillea
The editor answers for netizens on how to cultivate bougainvillea and the gardening tips for bougainvillea, keep reading below!
If you particularly like flowering plants with many bright flowers, Xiaoya recommends growing roses, Chinese roses, and blue snowflakes, which have many flowers and bright colors. Peonies and dahlias are also quite good. There is also a kind of plant that is easy to grow, easy to manage, and very flowering and beautiful, which is bougainvillea. It is also a flowering machine and a flowering expert. There are many types of bougainvillea, especially some flowering varieties, which have very beautiful colors. It is very suitable to plant one or two pots on the balcony. One of Xiaoya's flower friends grows a pot of bicolor bougainvillea on their small balcony, which is very bright and vibrant when flowering. In the winter balcony, it becomes a colorful scene, with more flowers than leaves. The balls of flowers are especially beautiful under the bright winter sun, looking perfect from both far and near.
Besides being afraid of the cold, bougainvillea has many advantages, such as being heat-resistant, not fearing sun exposure, drought-tolerant, flowering a lot, and growing fast, which is easy to care for. Some friends say that the bougainvillea they grow either has few branches, looks bare, and has few leaves and branches, or they can't see many flowers throughout the year. What is the reason? In fact, if you want to grow bougainvillea, it's best to choose a very flowering variety. Next is the maintenance method. If the maintenance skills are correct, it's hard for it not to bloom, and the flowering time is also very long!
I. Temperature is crucial
In the south, bougainvillea seen on the streets, overpasses, and parks grow very tall and lush without much management and can bloom profusely. The temperature plays a significant role in this. If it's a flowering variety, under suitable temperatures, such as above 15 degrees, it will keep flowering continuously, even throughout the year. Therefore, we should pay attention to the temperature of the potted bougainvillea. In winter, it should be placed on the indoor balcony to keep warm. If the indoor temperature is relatively high, it will also bloom in winter.
II. Sunlight is important
Many flower friends know that bougainvillea loves sunlight even more than roses. During the growth and flowering processes, sunlight is indispensable. If it is kept indoors for a long time, it will keep growing leaves, or if it is placed in a corner and blocked from sunlight, it will only grow leaves and not bloom. Therefore, it should be exposed to the sun often, and it can be exposed to the sun all year round. The more it is exposed to the sun, the more flowers it will produce.
How to cultivate bougainvillea
III. Water control is crucial
If the bougainvillea does not bloom during the flowering period, it should not be watered too often. Try not watering for a few days and let the potting soil dry out for a few days. By controlling watering, the flowers might be induced. The technique to induce blooming in bougainvillea is to control watering and let it dry out.
IV. Fertilization is important
Bougainvillea that has not been fertilized for a long time has little nutrient left in the potting soil. It becomes difficult to make it bloom profusely. You can change the potting soil to a fertile one and also need to fertilize. Bougainvillea likes fertilizer. The simplest way is to add some compound fertilizer, which can make its flowers bloom beautifully and vibrantly.
The above introduction by the Green Plant Enthusiast website on how to cultivate bougainvillea and the detailed cultivation methods and skills, have you understood them?