Bougainvillea Literati Bonsai

Bougainvillea bonsai do not like to have wet feet.

Bougainvillea literati bonsai. It is also known as the literati style. In this video i have shown that how to make a bougainvillea bonsai tree from cuttings. The bougainvillea bonsai loves warmer climates but can grow easily in places with lots of sunlight. Your bougainvillea bonsai plants require direct sunlight all day long in order to thrive.

Bougainvillea a climber with oval light green leaves and coloured flower like bracks a modified leaf that supplements or takes the place of a leaf. The bougainvillea bonsai gives immense pleasure and inspiration due to its artistic colorful displays. Care instructions and tips for bonsai bougainvillea are given including re potting pot size and fertilizer. Bougainvillea bonsai require a well draining fertile soil.

However the style is deeply rooted in chinese culture and tradition. The name for bunjin bonsai comes from the japanese word bunjin gi. Bougainvillea roots quite easily my next video on that topic will be. Bougainvillea is malleable creeper that grows on warm sunlit places in the loose and permeable soil.

Bonsai bougainvillea care is just as important as correct planting. There are also varieties with red pink orange yellow white or double bracts. Overwatering will cause rot fungal problems insect susceptibility and death so it is very important to water sparsely and ensure good soil drainage. Bare root the tree if its not already and cut back roots with the goal to remove anything large that may hinder you getting it into a shallow bonsai pot.

This is the process however and the bougainvillea can handle this treatment. Break up any large. Best suited to full or semi cascade or literati. Requires ongoing enough but not excess moisture they do not benefit the long term drought.

Most of the time you are now left holding a ugly stump with a seemingly hopeless chance of survival. Mix equal parts potting soil perlite peat moss and pine bark to create a proper growing medium for your bonsai. The names are used interchangeably. Elevating the bonsai pot with pebbles will provide humidity and will ensure that you do not water log your bougainvillea bonsai.

The bougainvillea is an evergreen shrub little tree or thorny vine with little trumpet shaped flowers which grow in clusters of three and come with three pretty bright papery bracts most often magenta or purple colored. Irrigation is a part of continuing bonsai bougainvillea care.